Aesop's Fables (Japanese)

Abstract

The series format reminds one of Penguin books in English. Twenty black-and-white illustrations decorate the text along the way. Particularly good are those for DLS (199) and for FS (31), also in color on the (Eastern) front cover. This latter design fits the best telling of the story, where a fox is salivating over his own unapproachable vase. Several illustrations raised questions for me, because they come from infrequently presented fables: The Fishermen Who Netted Rocks (62, Perry 13), The Fox Riding Brambles down the River (145), and Cudgeling Strife (315).