The crane wife
By: retold by Sumiko Yagawa ; translation from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Suekichi Akaba.
Contributors: Akaba, Suekichi.
Edition: 1st Mulberry ed.
Publisher: Mulberry Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Folklore -- Japan.; Cranes (Birds) -- Juvenile fiction.; Weaving -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction.; Silk weaving -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Work titles: Tsuru nyōbō.
Description: After Yohei tends a wounded crane, a beautiful young woman begs to become his wife and three times weaves for him an exquisite silken fabric on her loom.
Notes: Translation of: Tsuru nyōbō.