Folktales from Japan

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  • : 2012
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  • TV Tokyo
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2x1
Mother's Crystal; The Rolling Rice Ball; The Golden Arches
Episode overview
07, 2013
A mother provers her love, and old man’s accidental gift is repaid (repeat from episode 2), and a man gets greedy with his prayers.
2x2
Bat; The Old Man and His Bump; Lunch Works
Episode overview
14, 2013
The bat flies at dusk, an old man with a bump dances for a demon band (repeat from episode 3), and lunch works.
2x3
Snake and Fox Repay a Debt; The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom; The Pheasant and the Crow
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21, 2013
A good deed is repaid, a dog rewards a kind master (repeat from episode 1), and a bumpkin gets the last laugh.
2x4
Tears Overflow; Strong Tarou; The Skylark and the Water of Youth
Episode overview
28, 2013
A man learns about the importance of community, a couple creates a child from dirt (repeat from episode 4), and a skylark ruins everything.
2x5
Mother and Daughter Slay a Demon; Kintarou; The Farting Girl
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05, 2013
A mother fights for her daughter, we learn the tale of Sakata no Kintoki (repeat from episode 6), and toot causes great embarrassment.
2x6
The Radish Samurai; The Furuya Forest; The Golden Horse Poop
Episode overview
12, 2013
A radish saves; a thief is scary, a wolf is scary, but the worst is the Furuya Flora (repeat from episode 12); and can a horse poop gold?
2x7
When the Moon's Ring Disappears; The Rat Sutra; A Punch as a Reward
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19, 2013
A young girl is thrown into the river, an old woman's gift is repaid (repeat from episode 1), and a king learns a lesson.
2x8
The Mermaid's Feast; The Fox and the Bear; The Beginning of Man
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26, 2013
A simple trip leads to an unfortunate life, a fox learns of karma (repeat from episode 8), and the Fire god is lonely.
2x9
The Red Thread; The Cow`s Marriage; Beyond the Mirror
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02, 2013
A man fights fate, a lazy man gets the cow (repeat from episode 2), and a son sees his father.
2x10
The Carp Wife; The Snot-Nosed Boy; The Giant Beanstalk
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09, 2013
A man marries a unique woman, a flower seller forgets to keep his promise (repeat from episode 11), and a farmer makes it rain.
2x11
The Monkey Repays a Debt; Little One Inch; The Gourd Boy
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16, 2013
A monkey steals a baby, a small shows the biggest bravery (repeat from episode 2), and a unique shapped baby growns into a unique man.
2x12
The Female Fox; Hirabayashi; The Wild Warrior and the Ox Cart
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23, 2013
A female fox; the meaning of "Hirarin, Heirin, Tairarin, Tairabayashi and Ippachijuu no Mokumoku, and Hitotsutoyattsudetokkikki" (repeat from episode 4), and a legendary hero can't catch a break.
2x13
The Dragonfly Rich Man; The Fish Wife; Ikkyuu-san's Funny Story
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30, 2013
Dainichi Nyorai guides a family, a fisherman learns to appreciate what he has (repeat from episode 7), and a young monk learns not to judge a book by its cover.
2x14
Monkey Masamune; The Days Pass So Fast; The Woodcutter & the Mountain Grannie
Episode overview
07, 2013
A runner saves a group of monkeys at an expensive cost; the Sun, Moon, and Thunder come to an agreement (repeat from episode 50), and a woodcutter gets the last laugh.
2x15
Minister Yuriwaka; The Fire Man; The Priest and the Boy and the Poisonous Mochi
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14, 2013
A southern ruler named Yuriwaka is abandoned on an island, an old man brings home a boy named "Fire Man" (repeat from episode 15), and a stingy priest tells the children at his temple that his snacks are made of poison, but...
2x16
The Talking Fish; Urashima Tarou; The Demon's Handprint
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21, 2013
A stranger comes to a fishing village, which plans to catch lots of fish through poisoning the river. As the villagers debate, they are warned against this by a traveling priest; a .. show full overview
2x17
The Swallow with the Broken Leg; Left Behind; The Legend of the Nine-Headed Dragon
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28, 2013
An old man saves a broken swallow, who rewards him with a magic watermelon seed; a man encounters a terrifying ghost at a haunted stream (repeat from episode 18), and a traveling priest .. show full overview
2x18
Filial Devotion in Dreams; Rat Sumo; A Story of Stolen Melons
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04, 2013
Two men are visited in dreams by their dead fathers, rats fight it out in the sumo ring (repeat from episode 15), and a mysterious old man makes magic with watermelons.
2x19
The Tree in the Pot; Princess Kaguya; The Monk and the Fox
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11, 2013
A fallen lord sacrifices his prized possessions for a traveling monk; a princess is found in a stalk of bamboo (repeat from episode 20), and a priest tricks a fox, and finds himself confronted by the lost souls of hell.
2x20
Earless Houichi; Niou and Dokkoi; Badger Disaster
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18, 2013
A musician is haunted by the spirits of fallen samurai, two massive men duel for supremacy (repeat from episode 16), and a transforming badger runs a con at a mountain pass.
2x21
A Story of Futons; Chakurikakifu; The Dancing Bones
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25, 2013
The ghostly voices of children cry out at night from a haunted bed, a man tries a new strategy to sell his wares (repeat from episode 23), and the dancing bones of a murdered man bring fame and wealth to the one who killed him.
2x22
Dandarabochi and the Giant Sandals; The Painted Wife; The Fox in the Bag
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01, 2013
A titan lays siege to a small fishing village, an evil lord steals a man's beautiful wife (repeat from episode 18), and friends of a lord plot to take back his money from a fox haunting in a graveyard.
2x23
The Puppet Master; The God of the Bathroom; The Whale and the Sea Cucumber
Episode overview
08, 2013
A puppet master visits a strange temple, a goddess is punished for her dalliances (repeat from episode 16) and an arrogant whale loses a race.
2x24
Unspeaking Okiku; Ubasute Mountain; The Sumo Wrestler's Little Sister
Episode overview
15, 2013
A girl sings a song, and her father is sacrificed; a son is tasked with taking his mother to the mountains, where she will left to die (repeat from episode 19), and a tense hostage situation at a sumo wrestler's dojo.
2x25
Monkey Crab; The Straw Headman; Head Lake
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22, 2013
Crabs seek revenge upon a monkey for wounding their mother, and are aided by a mortar and cow poop; a divine oracle leads a man to riches (repeat from episode 16), and a man's head becomes the scene of strange happenings.
2x26
The Mermaid's Feast;Mother and Daughter Slay a Demon; The Pheasant and the Crow
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29, 2013
A simple trip leads to an unfortunate life (repeat from episode 60), a mother fights for her daughter (repeat from episode 57), and a bumpkin gets the last laugh (repeat from episode 55).
2x27
The Little Chestnut: The Day the Kappa Came; The Oryuu Willow
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06, 2013
A massive pumpkin grows from a tiny vine and a man is very happy; parents hear from the mountain god and water god that their child will be stolen by Kappas on his twelfth birthday .. show full overview
2x28
The Silver Temple; The Pebble Letter; The Famous Blade Kisenbamaru
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13, 2013
Midon the fisherman is wounded and can't go fishing, so he borrows money from a samurai - but can't pay it back; a wife gets mad at her drunkard husband and returns to her parents - but .. show full overview
2x29
The Sparrow with the Severed Toungue; The Horse Mountain Woman; The Dance of the Cats
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20, 2013
An old man loved a swallow, but when it eats his wife's glue, she cuts out its tongue. He goes deep into the mountains to find her... A packdriver buys a good horse in town, and then .. show full overview
2x30
The Ear Statue; The Centipede gets the Doctor; Benten's Swamp
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27, 2013
A statue by the river reminds a boy of his dead mother. His stepmom tells him that if the statue will eat a rice ball, he can have one too, so off he goes. The insect children are .. show full overview
2x31
The Village of the Dragonflies; The White Rabbit of Inaba; The Fortune Telling Competition
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03, 2013
A fisherman's wife dies from illness, and he meets a woman who looks just like her on the rocks of a cape. The white rabbit who lives on the island of Inaba tries to trick the crocodiles .. show full overview
2x32
The Three Masks; The Tengu's Cloak; The Flying Door
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10, 2013
A young servant girl is given a demon mask as a goodbye present, and goes to a new place to work. A young boy learns that if you put on a Tengu's cape you'll be invisible. He steals the .. show full overview
2x33
The Old Woman and the Giant Octopus; Dokkoisho; The Tengu of Ashitaka Mountain
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17, 2013
An old woman cuts off the leg of an octopus on the beach, and gets rich by selling it at the market. A groom is given botamochi rice balls at his bride's village. He wants his mom to .. show full overview
2x34
The Mysterious Blacksmith; The Fox Gives Birth; Senkamejo
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24, 2013
"If I can make a hundred swords in a night, give me your daughter," a traveler says, and locks himself in a blacksmith's forge. There was a mean doctor who lived in a village. One night, .. show full overview
2x35
The Cracking Mountain; The Three Charms; The Kappa and the Handwashing Basin
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01, 2013
A raccoon badly injures a kind old woman. The rabbit hears about this from her husband, and angrily avenges her. A child is picking up chestnuts in the forest, and before he knows it .. show full overview
2x36
The Ghost Well; The Man Who Bought Dreams; Tougorou the Potato Digger
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08, 2013
A mysterious woman visits a candy store every night. The owner follows her after she leaves, but she disappears into a grave... A traveling merchant buys his partner's dream of treasure .. show full overview
2x37
Sacrificial Inari; The Crane Repays a Debt; The Cotton in the Cotton Hat
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14, 2013
A field worker named Manzou gets a small field with a shrine from the rich man. A charcoal-maker takes pity on a crane being sold by the road, and pays money to free it (repeat from .. show full overview
2x38
The Joroku Statue; The God of Poverty; The Carp in the Basin
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21, 2013
A huge rock saves a village from a flood. The villagers use it to make a giant statue, but the statue is too big to carry to the temple. But then the statue... (repeat from episode 37). .. show full overview
2x39
The Gold Horse of New Year's Eve; The Jizo Statue with the Hat; Odote-sama
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28, 2013
A couple works hard but is still poor, and meets the new year with a sigh. On new years, a man can't sell his hemp so he trades it for an umbrella (repeat from episode 39) and an honest cow-herd meets a strange monster who can read thoughts.
2x40
The Safflower Ship; The Story of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac; Sent Salt
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05, 2014
There is a splendid picture of a rooster in the room where the crimson flower merchant says. And they say that it crows at midnight. God creates the calendar to rule the world, and wants .. show full overview
2x41
The Deer Springs; Tail Fishing; Hachiroutarou
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12, 2014
A woodcutter meets a wounded deer in the mountains. He saves it from a hunter and watches until its wounds are healed... The Fox comes to see the river otter, who is good at catching .. show full overview
2x42
The Herrings and the Old Woman; The God of Wind and the Children; The Spider's Determination
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19, 2014
An old woman loses her husband in a storm, but a statue of a god washes up with his boat and she worships it. One day in early spring, as the children are playing, a young man suddenly .. show full overview
2x43
Snake Lake; The Deep Voice; The Priest, the Kid, and the Fava Bean Tree
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26, 2014
Governor Shimada has come to Kazusa, where there is no water and the harvest is dependant on the rain. Two men tie a pipe between their houses so they can talk even when they're snowed .. show full overview
2x44
Sumo Inari; The Fava Bean, Straw, and Charcoal; The Man of the East & the Man of the West
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02, 2014
The lord of a poor province is sad to see how weak his sumo wrestlers are for this year's tournament, but they all defeat even the strongest wrestlers. A fava bean, a piece of straw, and .. show full overview
2x45
The Stink Vine; Shippei-Tarou; Half-Naked Buhyou
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09, 2014
The stinkvine weed smelled terrible, and the big tree always made fun of it. To save a girl from a demon, a traveling monk goes to find the one thing it fears, "Shippeitaro" (repeat from episode 9). Buhei is a man proud of his strength.
2x46
The Whispering Vinegar; The Old Man Who Swallowed Birds; The Tengu and The Sky Journey
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16, 2014
There is a man who can hear the voices of the vinegar he makes. A bird gets its leg stuck in a rice ball. There was a young man who was afraid of nothing.
2x47
The Snow Woman; Oshira-sama; The 600-year-old Woman
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23, 2014
A young woodcutter seeks shelter from a blizzard with his master. A young woman has a horse she loves (repeat from episode 38). After the battle between the Heike and the Genji, a young girl finds a conch shell on the beach that she feeds to her mom.
2x48
Cowlove Pass; Momotarou; Seibei the Soba Eater
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02, 2014
Cowherd Okaru took care of a young black calf that transformed into a handsome young man when it was three years old. Momotarō is born from a peach, and raised by an old couple into a .. show full overview
2x49
The Demon who Became a Rock; Octopuses Don't Have Bones; Ryuuguu Abyss
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09, 2014
A demon and his son live in the mountains. The princess of Ryuuguu castle has a baby (repeat from episode 49). Taikichi, who always gives an offering to the Ryuuguu Abyss, is given a wife and child by Ryuuguu Palace.
2x50
Raita and the Demon; 'O' is Hard; The Burnt Statue
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16, 2014
Asakichi and his wife save the thunder when it falls from heaven. A rough country girl who doesn't know how to be polite says "o" in front of everything because her mom tells her to .. show full overview
2x51
Gonpachi and Tsubaki; The Thousand League Sandals; Mother and Child Hill
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23, 2014
Gonpachi was working hard at a gold mine to raise money for his family. Three brothers get lost in the mountains and find themselves at the house of a terrifying mountain grannie (repeat .. show full overview
2x52
The Ear Statue; The Kappa and the Handwashing Basin; The Little Chestnut
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30, 2014
A statue by the river reminds a boy of his dead mother. His stepmom tells him that if the statue will eat a rice ball, he can have one too, so off he goes (repeat from episode 82). A new .. show full overview

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