• Publication: Japanese Fairy WorldPublication Record # 758860
• Editor: William Elliot Griffis
• Date: 1887-00-00
• Publisher: Trübner and Co.
• Pages: vii+304
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Japanese Fairy World (1880) • by Ozawa Nankoku
• Webpages: archive.org
• Notes: Data from WorldCat and Internet Archive scan. Subtitled: "STORIES FROM THE WONDER-LORE OF JAPAN" "ILLUSTRATED BY OZAWA, OF TOKIO" "SCHENECTADY, N. Y. JAMES H. BABHYTE. 1880." "DAILY UNION STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, SCHENECTADY, N. Y." 34 stories are listed in the table of contents without page numbers where the story "The Waterfall of Yoro, or the Fountain of Youth" is missing so there are in fact 35 stories 12 drawings are listed on the list of illustrations and the preface states that all but one should be credited to "Ozawa Nankoku, of Tokio". The remaining drawing of Yorimasa, the Archer is uncredited as by one of the editor/translator's students in Tokio. Further all of the drawings were engraved by Mr. Henry W. Troy of New York.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 4997262
  • Open Library: OL14015956M

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• [iii] • Preface (Japanese Fairy World) • (1880) • essay by William Elliot Griffis
• [vii] •  How the Sun-goddess was enticed out of her Cave • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 1 • The Meeting of the Star Lovers • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 6 •  The Star-lovers Meeting on the Bridge of Birds • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 8 • The Travels of Two Frogs • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 21 • The Child of the Thunder • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 30 • The Tongue-cut Sparrow • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 37 • The Fire-fly's Lovers • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 50 • The Battle of the Ape and the Crab • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 54 •  The Egg, Wasp and Mortar attack the Monkey • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 55 • The Wonderful Tea-Kettle • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 62 • Peach-Prince and the Treasure Island • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 70 •  The Oni submitting to Peach Prince • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 72 • The Fox and the Badger • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 77 • The Seven Patrons of Happiness • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 88 • Daikoku and the Oni • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 93 • Benkei and the Bell • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 102 • Little Silver's Dream of the Shoji • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 112 • The Tengus, or the Elves with Long Noses • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 121 • Kintaro, the Wild Baby • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 126 • Jiraiya, or the Magic Frog • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 141 • How the Jelly-Fish Lost its Shell • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 150 •  The Monkeys in Grief • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 157 • Lord Cuttle-Fish Gives a Concert • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 172 • Yorimasa, the Brave Archer • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 176 •  Yorimasa and the Night-beast • (1880) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 177 • Watanabe cuts off the Oni's Arm • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 185 • Watanabe Kills the Great Spider • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 190 • Raiko and the Shi-Ten Doji • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 201 • The Sazaye and the Tai • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 205 • Smells and Jingles • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 206 •  A Jingle for a Sniff • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 208 • The Lake of the Lute and the Matchless Mountain • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 218 • The Waterfall of Yoro, or the Fountain of Youth • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 223 • The Earthquake Fish • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 227 • The Dream Story of Gojiro • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 234 •  The Ascent of the Dragon's Gate • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 236 • The Procession of Lord Long-Legs • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 250 • Kiyohime, or the Power of Love • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 262 •  The Sorceress Melting the Bell • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 264 • The Fisherman and the Moon-Maiden • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 273 • The Tide Jewels • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 282 • Kai Riu O, or the Dragon King of the World Under the Sea • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 288 •  The Dragon King's Gift of the Tide Jewels • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku
• 289 • The Creation of Heaven and Earth • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 300 • How the Sun Goddess was Enticed out of her Cave • (1880) • short fiction by uncredited
• 304 •  The Fish Stall in Tokio • (1880) • interior artwork by Ozawa Nankoku