Reading Notes: Japanese Reading A

Izanagi and Izanami

  • Poetry - rhyming with every other line
  • Sun and moon as flowers
  • Meet cute for Izanagi and Isanami
    • born to them = 8 islands of Japan
    • Many more offspring
    • last = fairest


The Heaven-Descended
  • Discord and unrest in Sunny Land of Rice Plains
    • Story idea: don't want to gods interference (like wars in other countries)
  • God fell in love with princess
  • Arrow thro bird, arrow thro heart of god
  • Sun Goddess gave son 3 gifts - charge to rule Sunny Land of Rice Plains
  • Very focused on beauty and light

The Labors of Yamato: The Rescue of the Princess

  • First interested in the siren, then got married to another?
    • why have the info about the siren at all?
  • Bandits came upon them and kidnapped the bride, Tacibana
  • Dressed like maiden to rescue bride

Image information: Izanami and Izanagi, by Kobayashi

Bibliography:
Japan: Izanagi and Izanami. Story source: Romance of Old Japan, Part I: Mythology and Legend by E. W. Champney and F. Champney (1917).

Japan: The Heaven-Descended. Story source: Romance of Old Japan, Part I: Mythology and Legend by E. W. Champney and F. Champney (1917).

The Labors of Yamato: The Rescue of the Princess. Story source: Romance of Old Japan, Part I: Mythology and Legend by E. W. Champney and F. Champney (1917).

The Labors of Yamato: The Rescue of the Princess (cont.). Story source: Romance of Old Japan, Part I: Mythology and Legend by E. W. Champney and F. Champney (1917).

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