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Taro-san the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree
Tarosan the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree Author:Richard Hatch This is a story about the struggles and triumph of a young fisherman in old Japan. Inspired by the ancient Japanese feat of ?Nankin Tamasudare? in which bamboo sticks are manipulated into figures, and the art of the great Japanese master Hokusai, the story was written in America, translated in Japan and illustrated in Hungary! Richard Hatch, the... more » author, is a professional magician. He includes his telling of this tale, illustrated with the mysterious tamasudare mat, in many performances, often accompanied by his wife, violinist Rosemary Kimura Hatch.« less