Week 9 Reading A: Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki)

The story of Kintaro focuses on his childhood a lot more than most other hero stories I've read. Rather than going on about his heroic deeds and how he became a samurai, it recounts what seems to be a fairly ordinary day when he was eight, ending with him being recruited into samurai training and a brief summary of his adult life.

                                                      
                                                                      (Kintaro Doll)