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Japanese Folktales : Stories about Judge Ooka

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20 Japanese folk tales about a judge named Ooka; a real person who lived in Japan during the Edo Period (1615-1868). Although the country was very peaceful, the Shoguns of the Tokugawa family ruled with an iron hand. In this atmosphere of oppression and cruelty people found consolation in stories and fairy tales in which wisdom and justice always overcame evil and tyranny. They expressed the people's longing and hopes for a dignified life without fear, and that is whrer the stories aoubt Judge Ooka belong.

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Japanese Folktales : Stories about Judge Ooka, Zdeněk Hrdlička, Věnceslava Hrdličková

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1993
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English
Publisher
Aventinum
Released
1993
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Hardcover
ISBN10
185648159X
ISBN13
9781856481595
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20 Japanese folk tales about a judge named Ooka; a real person who lived in Japan during the Edo Period (1615-1868). Although the country was very peaceful, the Shoguns of the Tokugawa family ruled with an iron hand. In this atmosphere of oppression and cruelty people found consolation in stories and fairy tales in which wisdom and justice always overcame evil and tyranny. They expressed the people's longing and hopes for a dignified life without fear, and that is whrer the stories aoubt Judge Ooka belong.