Kawausomura no hinotamabanashi
By: bun, Yamashita Haruo ; e, Hasegawa Yoshifumi
Contributors: Hasegawa, Yoshifumi, illustrator
Series: Eru kurabu; Eru kurabu
Publisher: (Kabu) Kaihō Shuppansha
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ōsaka-shi
Language: jpn
ISBN-13: 9784759222562
Subjects: Folklore; Juvenile literature; Buraku people; Japanese language; Dialects
Description: This is a retelling in picture book format using local dialect of a folk tale of a discriminated community in Fukuoka Prefecture's Chikugo district. The people of Kawauso village are not allowed to enter the local shrine because they are Burakumin. This means that they cannot participate in the shrine sumo contests during the fall festival, until one year Saizō decides he wants to enter

This is a retelling in picture book format using local dialect of a folk tale of a discriminated community in Fukuoka Prefecture's Chikugo district. The people of Kawauso village are not allowed to enter the local shrine because they are Burakumin. This means that they cannot participate in the shrine sumo contests during the fall festival, until one year Saizō decides he wants to enter...