#Japan #folktale #Cinderella

Today we are back in the book of Japanese folklore written down by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Tonight’s story is about a princess that does everything right, but is still hated by her step mother. Like Cinderella, but from a few thousand years ago.

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: winterbeach.wav

Music: 月桃節 東京月桃三味線　Ghetto Bushi Tokyo Ghetto Shamisen

Listener Shoutout: Montreal Canada

Video by Headliner

Photo Credit: Woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, from ''Twenty-four Accomplishments of Imperial Japan'' (1881).