Japanese Reader Collection Volume 3: The Inch-High Samurai

Read two of Japan's most beloved folktales, broken down sentence by sentence for upper-beginner learners.

An inch-tall samurai who takes on an oni with a sewing needle for a sword. A luminous princess discovered inside a stalk of bamboo who turns out not to be of this world. The Inch-High Samurai and Kaguya Hime are two pillars of Japanese folklore - and Kaguya, in its original 10th-century form, is the oldest surviving work of Japanese prose narrative, older than The Tale of Genji by a cent...