Kachi - Kachi Mountain - Griffith Farran & Co. version


Title

Kachi - Kachi Mountain - Griffith Farran & Co. version

Alternative Title

Kachi - kachi Yama

Identifier

Japanese fairy tale series, no. 5

Publisher

Date

Date Copyrighted

1885 - 08 - 17

Date Available

1886 - 09 - 29

Description

"An old man captured a mischievous badger and hung it to a rafter by the feet. While the old man was away, the badger tricked his wife into undoing the cord, and then killed her. Later, as the old man lamented his wife's death, a hare came forward and offered to avenge the murder. The hare lured the badger out of his hole with parched beans, had it shoulder a bundle of dried - grass, and then set fire to the bundle. When the badger retired to its hole to nurse the burns, the hare applied a sticking plaster that he said would heal them but that actually contained red pepper. Afterward, inviting the badger to go fishing, the hare boarded a boat of wood, but tricked the badger into boarding one of clay. The clay boat gradually dissolved in the water, and the badger was drowned." (Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, https://www.kufs.ac.jp/toshokan/chirimenbon/b_05.html)
1886 reprint

Language

English

Source

Held by Monash University Library's Rare Books Collection Find this item in the Library catalogue.

Type

Medium

Extent

19 pages, colour illustrations. 16 cm.

Rights

Out of copyright

Download File(s)

https://repository.monash.edu/files/upload/Rare-Books/Japanese-Fairy-Tales/rb_jp_ft-005b.pdf

Citation

Thompson, David, 1835 - 1915, “Kachi - Kachi Mountain - Griffith Farran & Co. version,” Monash Collections Online, accessed September 28, 2023, https://repository.monash.edu/items/show/67089.

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