The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

It is named Chozei Furo, or Longevity.

The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child is taken from the classic Taketari Monogatari, and is not classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature.

The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokyo artist.

In telling these stories in English, I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version.

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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Alan Davis Drake Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki Chapter Nine The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child Long, long ago there lived an old Bamboo Woodcutter.

He was very poor and sad also, for no child had Heaven sent To cheer his old age; and in his heart there was no hope of rest from work till he died and was laid in the quiet grave.

State visit

... state visit, she took NDT, and she hired the Paris Opera, and we performed a whole evening piece called Kaguyahime.

And what she did was just unbelievable.

She decorated the entire opera house with flowers, with Dutch flowers.

Right.

I think the original is The Bamboo Cutter, right?

Yeah.

Like, that is like the original myth.

Mm-hmm

... devoted viewing experience, but it was the English dub.

Um, and it's very funny that James Caan is, [laughs] is the Bamboo Cutter in this film.

That's amazing.

So Kim Coultham is the next best in the 420.

And then 4.20 for Ross Next Best and Kaguya Hime, the nap who goes in the 2.40.

I was just actually Googling what that meant because I presumed it had the Japanese origin, Roger's wife, obviously, from Japan.

Magical moon princess from one of Japan's oldest and most famous folk tales, the tale of the bamboo cutter, Kaguya Hime, Ross's nap on Saturday.

Did you have to look that up, TC? You didn't know it? I didn't know it, mate, no.

I was actually going to get it down from my bookshelf.

It is named Choze Furro, or Longevity.

The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child is taken from the classic Taketari Monogatari, and is not classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature.

The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokyo artist.

In telling these stories in English, I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances, I have gathered in an incident from another version.

End of Chapter Eight The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die Chapter Nine of Japanese Fairy Tales This is a LibriVox recording.

All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.

For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Alan Davis Drake Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki Chapter Nine The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child Long, long ago there lived an old bamboo woodcutter.

He was very poor and sad also, for no child had heaven sent to cheer his old age.

It is named Chozei Furro, or Longevity.

The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child is taken from the classic Taketari Monogatari, and is not classed by the Japanese among their fairy tales, though it really belongs to this class of literature.

The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokyo artist.

In telling these stories in English, I have followed my fancy in adding such touches of local color or description as they seemed to need or as pleased me, and in one or two instances I have gathered in an incident from another version.

For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Alan Davis Drake.

Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki.

Chapter Nine The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child.

Long, long ago there lived an old bamboo woodcutter; he was very poor and sad also, for no child had Heaven sent to cheer his old age, and in his heart there was no hope of rest from work till he died and was laid in the quiet grave.