This retelling of traditional Japanese fairy tale (written by JCF managing editor David Kudler with illustrations by Linda Finch) explores the myths and traditions of the Japanese New Year and the Shichifukujin — the Seven Gods of Luck. “A lively adaptation…
Set in a fantastical medieval Japan, Miyazaki’s original story envisions a struggle between nature and man. The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great…
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