A Japanese Fairy Tale: The Wonderful Tea Kettle ( Bunbuku Chagama)

Robert Campbell, DirectorGeneral of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) in Tokyo, reads a Japanese fairy tale titled The Wonderful Tea Kettle (BunbukuChagama). This English translation, by Mrs. T. H. James, is found in an illustrated crepepaper book (chirimenbon) in the Pulverer Collection at the Freer Gallery of Art. The Wonderful Tea Kettle, Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 16, Freer Gallery of Art.