Digital Ehon is a site that turns the folktales of various countries into a picture book and translates them into various languages in order to offer them to the children of the world. Their sincere hope that children may come to gain a greater mutual understanding of people and cultures thorough this site. With that end in mind we shall do our best to offer a wide variety of folktales that children will enjoy.
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, also known as Princess Kaguya (Kaguya Hime), is a 10th-century Japanese folktale. It is considered the oldest extant Japanese prose narrative although all extant manuscripts date from the Tokugawa period. It primarily details the life of a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime, who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
STORY:
One day, while walking in the bamboo forest, an old, childless bamboo cutter called Taketori no Okina came across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo. After cutting it open, he found inside it an infant the size of his thumb. He rejoiced to find such a beautiful girl and took her home. He and his wife raised her as their own child and named her Kaguya-hime accurately, Nayotake-no-Kaguya-hime "princess of flexible bamboos scattering light"). Thereafter, Taketori no Okina found that whenever he cut down a stalk of bamboo, inside would be a small nugget of gold. Soon he became rich. Kaguya-hime grew from a small baby into a woman of ordinary size and extraordinary beauty. At first, Taketori no Okina tried to keep her away from outsiders, but over time the news of her beauty spread.
Eventually, five princes came to Taketori no Okina's residence to ask for Kaguya-hime's hand in marriage. The princes eventually persuaded Taketori no Okina to tell a reluctant Kaguya-hime to choose from among them. Kaguya-hime concocted impossible tasks for the princes, agreeing to marry the one who managed to bring her his specified item.
GAME:
Digital Ehon Vol. 2 - Imadoki no Kaguya Hime is based on the japanese fairy tale of the same name. The gameplay is like the usual in an interactive book since in the first game mode the player can interact with each image using the pointer to see different objects or characters moving, and in the second game mode is just to watch the story without any kind of interaction.
The game features full japanese voice acting.
Manufacturer's description:
Revolution of the picture book! Everyone modern twist on an old tale that knows, ordinary can not be expressed in a picture book animation and games, narration, is software that stir the imagination of children in such sound effects appeared! The first installment is recorded "Momotaro"! Gimmick is as full of "Oasobi mode", you can enjoy the "story mode" of Storytelling in the narration.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Fantasy & Fairy Tales themes.
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