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JAPANESE LITERATURE
G R O U P S E V E N
 JAPAN
POPULATION:
125,945,065 (November 2021)
ALSO KNOWN AS:
The Land of the Rising Sun RELIGION:
Nippon • Nihon Shinto (79.2%), Buddhism (66.8%),
Christian (1.5%), Other (7.1%)
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT:
Prime Minister: Kishida Fumio LANGUAGE:
Japanese
CAPITAL:
Tokyo CURRENCY:
Yen (1 yen = 0.44 php)
BORDER COUNTRIES:
Korea • Russia • China
MAP OF JAPAN
 FLAG OF JAPAN

NISSHŌKI • 日章旗
Flag of the Sun

HINOMARU • 日の丸
Circle of the Sun

HONESTY AND
PURITY
CULTURE
WEARING A KIMONO SADO HANAMI

MATSURI
SUMO WRESTLING
THE TALE OF
THE BAMBOO
CUTTER
TAKETORI MONOGATARI ( 竹取物語 )
SETTING
Bamboo Cutter's Field
The night of the next full
moon

LOCAL COLOR
Gold as their money
Scroll as letters
Silken mantle as memorial
 CHARACTE
RS
The Bamboo Cutter
Taketori no Okina ( 竹取翁 )
Old Bamboo harvester

The Bamboo Cutter's Wife

Lady Kaguya
Nayotake no Kaguya-hime ( なよたけのかぐや姫 )
Shining Princess of the young bamboo
"She's no mortal human but
5 Noblemen was born in the palace of
Prince Ishizukuri ( 石作皇子 ) the moon kingdom, and will
Prince Kuramochi ( 車持皇子 ) soon leave this world and
Prince Sadaijin
Chiunagon
depart for her birthplace..."
lord of Iso

Mikado (Emperor of Japan)

Whole Company (Troop of Soldiers)
Commander of the Troop ( Loyal- nagsunog)

Great host of Moon-Folk (The commander of

Moonfolk)
CONFLICT

MAN VS. MAN

"The bamboo cutter soon became bothered by the
men’s demands for his daughter’s hand and he
went to her and said it would be fitting for such a
handsome and fair maid to marry one of the
noblemen, to which, she replied that I’m not so fair
to be able to trust myself to choose marriage to an
untested heart. So, it was soon arranged that all five
noblemen were summoned before Lady Kaguya and
each nobleman was be given a difficult task to
complete, and the one that succeeded would marry
Lady Kaguya."

MAN VS.
"The next month, Lady Kaguya tells her
CIRCUMSTANCES
maids that she’s no mortal woman but was
born in the palace of the moon kingdom, and
will soon leave this world and depart for her
birthplace."
 PLOT
Exposition
Once upon a time, there lived
a poor bamboo cutter who
saw a beautiful four inch tall
girl who he brought home and
continued to take care of
alongside his wife.
Rising Action
The girl was named Lady
Kaguya by the bamboo
cutter. She grew into the
most beautiful maid in the
whole land and became
famous because of her beauty
that five noblemen competed
to win her. All of them failed.
 PLOT
Climax
When the bamboo cutter finds
out that his daughter would
soon depart he becomes angry
and informs the Mikado, who
sends a whole company to
prevent her departure.
Denouement
Lady Kaguya wrote a message
on a scroll for Mikado, saying
that she wants to be with him
but is forbidden since she is not
a mortal like him. The moon-
folk then took Lady Kaguya
back to the moon where she
belong.
 PLOT

Resolution

Mikado read the letter and got overcame with sadness that he
ordered his commander to take the scroll to the highest
mountain and burn them. From that moment on, people
would look upon the mountain and say that the smoke rising
from it is connected with the divine.
 POINT OF VIEW
• 3rd Person - Limited

THEME
• The beauty of life in spite of
sorrow.
• The weight of immaterial
pleasures over wealth.

TONE
• Encouraging

"The message to Mikado says that while

he desired to be with her, it was not MOOD
permitted to be, and that basically she
• Melancholic
wanted to be with him but she was
• Solemn
forbidden to do so, and that caused
great pain to her heart, so she's sorry"
 When the bamboo cutter finds out that his
daughter would soon depart he becomes angry
and informs the Mikado, who sends a whole
company to prevent her departure.

Once upon a time, there lived a poor bamboo

cutter who saw a beautiful four inch tall girl who
he brought home and continued to take care of Lady Kaguya wrote a message on a scroll for
alongside his wife.The girl was named Lady Mikado, saying that she wants to be with him but
Kaguya by the bamboo cutter. She grew into the is forbidden since she is not a mortal like him.
most beautiful maid in the whole land and The moon-folk then took Lady Kaguya back to
became famous because of her beauty that five the moon where she belong.
noblemen competed to win her. All of them
failed.

Mikado read the letter and got overcame with

sadness that he ordered his commander to take the
Once upon a time, there lived a poor bamboo scroll to the highest mountain and burn them.
cutter who saw a beautiful four inch tall girl who From that moment on, people would look upon
he brought home and continued to take care of the mountain and say that the smoke rising from
alongside his wife. it is connected with the divine.

PLOT
 famous because of her beauty that five
competed to win her. All of them f

Once upon a time, there lived a poor bamboo

cutter who saw a beautiful four inch tall girl who
he brought home and continued to take care of
alongside his wife.
 daughter would so
and informs the M
company to

Once upon a time, there lived a poor bamboo

cutter who saw a beautiful four inch tall girl who
he brought home and continued to take care of
alongside his wife.The girl was named Lady
Kaguya by the bamboo cutter. She grew into the
most beautiful maid in the whole land and became
famous because of her beauty that five noblemen
competed to win her. All of them failed.

e upon a time, there lived a poor bamboo

 When the bamboo cutter finds out that his
daughter would soon depart he becomes angry
and informs the Mikado, who sends a whole
company to prevent her departure.

poor bamboo
ch tall girl who
to take care of Lady Kaguya
named Lady Mikado, saying
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ho sends a whole
er departure.

Lady Kaguya wrote a message on a scroll for

Mikado, saying that she wants to be with him but
is forbidden since she is not a mortal like him.
The moon-folk then took Lady Kaguya back to
the moon where she belong.

Mikado read the letter and got ove

sadness that he ordered his command
on-folk then took Lady Kaguya back to
the moon where she belong.

Mikado read the letter and got overcame with

sadness that he ordered his commander to take the
scroll to the highest mountain and burn them.
From that moment on, people would look upon
the mountain and say that the smoke rising from
it is connected with the divine.
THE TALE OF
THE BAMBOO
CUTTER
TAKETORI MONOGATARI ( 竹取物語 )
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