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Our Folktales: The All-time Favourite Folktales from Asia

Japan: Issun Boshi

Shigeru Hatsuyama

Unabridged • 9789180136327
3 minutes
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Issun-boshi is a tiny boy, no taller than one sun (3 cm), but he is brave and spirited. With a needle as a sword, he rides down the river in a wooden bowl to find work in the capital. A lord hires him to guard his daughter, the princess. During an outing, the princess is attacked by ogres and Issun-boshi saves her. The ogres leave a mallet, or hammer, behind. The mallet is magical and it will change Issun-boshi's life forever. © 2020 by Shigeru Hatsuyama. Published in paper format in Singapore by World Scientific Publishing, recorded by Storyside 2020.
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Issun-boshi is a tiny boy, no taller than one sun (3 cm), but he is brave and spirited. With a needle as a sword, he rides down the river in a wooden bowl to find work in the capital. A lord hires him to guard his daughter, the princess. During an outing, the princess is attacked by ogres and Issun-boshi saves her. The ogres leave a mallet, or hammer, behind. The mallet is magical and it will change Issun-boshi's life forever. © 2020 by Shigeru Hatsuyama. Published in paper format in Singapore by World Scientific Publishing, recorded by Storyside 2020.

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