Guide to Princess Kaguya: the bamboo cutter, the Moon Princess, impossible tasks, the lunar procession, and the ache of…

Princess Kaguya: origin, summary, and meaning

Learn about Taketori Monogatari, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: a Japanese classic, the literary origin of Kaguya-hime, and…

Taketori Monogatari

Meet Kaguya-hime, the luminous princess of Taketori Monogatari: the meaning of her name, her link to the Moon, her…

Meet Taketori no Okina, the old bamboo cutter who finds Kaguya-hime: his name, craft, adoptive fatherhood, wealth, and place…

The Japanese tale of Kaguya-hime, the Moon Princess found inside bamboo and raised between affection, mystery, and fate.