En cours de chargement...
Once upon a time in Japan, there was a province where parents who reached the age of sixty had to be abandoned deep in the woods on a hill called Ubasute-yama... Was the story based on a real practice? History is written and re-written by the victors of history, but folktales are told and retold by folks of the ordinary. The truths they intend to convey can differ greatly... A collection of 28 Japanese folktales coupled with a digestible explanation of the cultural and historical background of each.
An excellent entry point into learning Japanese culture.
