TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seki,Sunny
TI  - The last kappa of old Japan: a magical journey of two friends 
SN  - 9784805310885
PY  - 2010///
CY  - North Clarendon, VT
PB  - Tuttle Publishing
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Japan
KW  - Kappa (Japanese water goblin)
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - History
KW  - 1868-
KW  - Folk tales
KW  - lcgft
N2  - In 1860s Japan, young Norihei saves the life of a kappa, one of the mythological beings who keep the water clean, and the two become friends, but changes brought by the Industrial Revolution force the kappa to leave, only to return when Norihei needs him most. Includes historical and cultural notes
ER  -