{"product_id":"the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-japans-oldest-fairy-tale-in-japanese-and-english-hardcover","title":"The Tale of Princess Kaguya: Japan's Oldest Fairy Tale in Japanese and English - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Stavros\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eReginald Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of the great works of early literature--a fantastical tale of beauty, intrigue, lust and salvation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Princess Kaguya\u003c\/i\u003e is Japan's oldest surviving prose narrative and one of its most famous literary works. Familiar to every Japanese child, the story, also called \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, \u003c\/i\u003e tells of a tiny otherworldly girl found inside a bamboo stalk, whose beauty captivates emperors and commoners alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending folklore, romance and mythology, the tale explores timeless themes of greed, lust and loss. Beneath its surface lies a strikingly modern current of female empowerment, as its heroine quietly resists the desires and demands of a world that seeks to possess her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis definitive edition presents the original text alongside an engaging English translation by Matthew Stavros that highlights the poetry and biting wit of the tale. Insightful commentary, illustrations and superb scholarship make this a book that will appeal to every lover of Japanese language, culture and literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Stavros\u003c\/b\u003e is an historian of early Japan at the University of Sydney and a translator of Classical Japanese literature. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Hawaii Press, 2014) and the translator of \u003ci\u003eHojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude, Imperfection and Transcendence\u003c\/i\u003e (Tuttle, 2024). His research focuses on the material culture of premodern Japan and eastern Asia, with particular interest in cities, buildings and religious monuments. He trained in architectural and urban history at Kyoto University and read history at Princeton University where he earned a PhD. He teaches modern and classical Japanese language, Japanese history and historiography, and more broadly on the histories and cultures of East and Southeast Asia. You can find out more at www.mstavros.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReginald Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist and scholar of Japanese arts traditions. He has held faculty positions at Yale University, University of Chicago, and served as the Mary Griggs Burke Endowed Chair of Asian Studies at the University of Minnesota before retiring from the University of Michigan as professor of pre-modern Japanese literature and performance. He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and is the author of \u003ci\u003eTextures of Mourning: Calligraphy, Mortality, and the\u003c\/i\u003e Tale of Genji Scrolls and \u003ci\u003eA Proximate Remove: Queering Intimacy and Loss in\u003c\/i\u003e The Tale of Genji. You can find his work at www.rjacksonartwork.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56558621229361,"sku":"9784805320358","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/avQFeVzHTt9784805320358.webp?v=1790808782","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-japans-oldest-fairy-tale-in-japanese-and-english-hardcover","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}