The last kappa of old Japan
Subtitle: a magical journey of two friends
By: told and illustrated by Sunny Seki.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: North Clarendon, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9784805310885
Subjects: Folklore -- Japan; Kappa (Japanese water goblin) -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Environmental protection -- Fiction; Japan -- History -- 1868- -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: In 1860s Japan, young Norihei saves the life of a kappa, one of the mythological beings who keep the water clean, and the two become friends, but changes brought by the Industrial Revolution force the kappa to leave, only to return when Norihei needs him most. Includes historical and cultural notes.