“Princess Kaguya” is based on a 10th century Japanese folk tale, “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” that is considered perhaps that country’s oldest surviving narrative. Which is why so ...

woodblock print tetraptych, surimono, embellished with embossing and metallic pigments, each sheet signed Gakutei and sealed Sadaoka, privately issued, circa 1820-22 ...

Notably, the original story was called “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” but Takahata’s title puts the focus where it belongs.

Steinberger's work will focus on “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” Japan's oldest fairy tale, retold in sketches colored with Copic markers. How did “Folklore” come together? We'd been ...

It is based on the folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Takahata brings this classic tale to life under his creative direction. This film follows the upbringing of the protagonist, Princess ...

“The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.” This folk tale about a magical child has even been cited by some scholars as an early and elegant work of science fiction. However, it’s also possible to ...

Bill Desowitz: Tell us about the importance of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter for Japanese culture and for you personally. Did you read it as a child? What resonates for you as an adult?

Studio Ghibli’s latest is an adaptation of a Japanese fairy tale about an otherworldly being who comes down to earth. A rural bamboo cutter finds a tiny, glowing princess in the forest one day.

Kaguya is based on a 10th-century folk story best known as “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” and it’s very much still a folktale. The film opens on a woodcutter who, one day, finds a tiny princess ...