The crane wife
By: retold by Sumiko Yagawa ; translation from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Suekichi Akaba.
Contributors: Akaba, Suekichi.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Folklore -- Japan.
Other titles: Tsuru nyōbō. English.
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 nyōyō.