Ohanashi - 5 Famous Tales from Japan

Content : New 2024 Edition.

This book introduces five traditional Japanese tales illustrated in black and white by an illustrator and former mangaka in her own country. These are the best-known and most popular tales in Japan. Every child knows them in the same way as Little Red Riding Hood or Snow White. They are presented with appendices to help you understand the context, the links with the manga series that are inspired by them, and Japanese traditions.
The text is in French and Japanese.
This new edition has a new cover and additional texts to introduce each stories.

The tales:
- The Tale of the Crane
- Hoitchi, the Biwa Player
- The "Katchi-Katchi" Mountain
- Yamamba and the 3 Amulets
- Tarô Urashima

Yoshimi KATAHIRA has illustrated many manga when she lived in Japan. She has been living in France for 15 years now. She leads her life as an artist painter through a personal work and the teaching of manga during internships; she exhibits regularly.
Ohanashi is her first book published in France.
https://www.yoshimikatahira.com