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English: Urashima's return to his village. Many years have passed. No residents remember him, all of his contemporaries are dead.
Japanese handscroll or emakimono of a Japanese folk tale of the fisherman Urashima Taro, having saved a turtle’s life, transported to Horai, a Turtle palace as the guest of Princess Otohime. On his return he finds that many years have passed in his home village. Opening a magic box given to him by Otohime, he ages. Written in Japan, late 16th or early 17th century. Shelfmark: MS. Jap. c.4(R) |
| Date | between 1590 and 1620 |
| Source | The Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| Author | Unknown author |
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