Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Reading Notes: Princess Hase, Part B

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Japanese Cherry Blossom
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  • Princess Hase writes a poem which saves the life of the emperor
    • stepmother is so jealous, she has a servant go out to the woods to kill her
    • instead of killing her, the servant builds a house for him, the princess, and his wife
      • they live out there as she waits for her father to find her
    • Father finds her, takes her home, she lives out the rest of her life happily
  • Hase is too obedient! Cinderella feel about the story
  • Why does she go with servant? Better reason needed
  • Maybe the emperor can get involved? He has seen and heard from her, and been saved by her on several occasions? 
  • Empower her or make her even more less capable of taking care of herself
Princess HaseJapanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908).

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