Urashima Tarō
The Urashima Tarō tale familiar to most Japanese follows the storyline of children's tale author in the Meiji period. A condensed version of Sazanami's retelling then appeared in , Japan's nationally designated textbook for the elementary school, and became widely read by the schoolchildren of the populace. Modern versions of Urashima Tarō, which are generally similar, are demonstrably based on the story from these nationally designated textbook series.