The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy
By Yei Theodora Ozaki
- Release Date: 2015-08-20
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871 – 1932) was an early 20th-century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. She was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West. Her parents separated after five years of marriage, and Yei was sent to live in Japan with her father. Later she refused an arranged marriage, left her father's house, and became a teacher and secretary to earn money. She traveled back and forth between Japan and Europe, as her employment and family duties took her.
The Adventures of Kintaro is a Japanese fairy tale, collected and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Kintaro was a little boy. However, despite the fact, that he was little, he was very big and very strong, no adult mam could match him, no animal could beat him. But with great power come great adventures!
