The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter

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Jun 19th 2012 01:07
Do you know Taketori Monogatari that is the oldest tale called the ancestor of tales in Japan?
The writer and the date when it was written is still unknown.

It is simple and beautiful story of which people after age took a subject in various ways.

Yasunari Kawabata -a recipient of a Nobel prize- translated the old Japanese version into the modern Japanese one.