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The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹取物語, Hepburn: Taketori Monogatari) is a monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period , it is considered the oldest surviving work in the monogatari form.
The series is considered an excellent source for references to Japanese culture and mythology. [115] The manga makes heavy use of Japanese literature, folklore, history and pop culture. Examples of literature and folklore include The Tale of Genji and Urashima Tarō. [116] Many of the characters in the series are derived from mythological ...
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the ...
[52] [53] Since the usual purpose of dating in Japan is marriage, the reluctance to marry often translates to a reluctance to engage in more casual relationships. [34] The majority of Japanese people remain committed to traditional ideas of family, with a husband who provides financial support, a wife who works in the home, and two children.
In Japanese folklore and Folklore, Sōjōbō (Japanese: 僧正坊, pronounced [soːʑoːboː]) is the mythical king and god of the tengu, legendary creatures thought to inhabit the mountains and forests of Japan. Sōjōbō is a specific type of tengu called daitengu and has the appearance of a yamabushi, a Japanese mountain hermit.
View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Ataru is a 17-year-old student at Tomobiki High School, Class 2-4. Born during a major earthquake in April (the fourth month, an unlucky number in East Asian culture) on Friday the 13th (the latter also an unlucky number in Western cultures) and on Butsumetsu (the unluckiest day of the Buddhist calendar, said to be the day when Buddha died), he is extremely unlucky and in turn draws a near ...
Shinobu (しのぶ) is a Japanese verb meaning "recall" (偲ぶ) or "stealth/endure" (忍ぶ). It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of shinobi , which can be combined with mono (者) to make shinobi no mono (忍びの者), an alternative name of ninja .