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Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monogatari)

An old man breaks open a stalk of bamboo and finds a moon princess just three inches high.

So begins this 10th-century fairy tale, which follows the spirited Kaguya as she puts a throng of suitors to the craziest of tests. Read more

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