One character in this work tries to deceive the main character by presenting her with a bowl, while another dies after attempting to retrieve a seashell.
At the end of this work, one character orders the destruction of his elixir of immortality, and an army ascends the slope of a mountain in order to send a message by burning a letter. One character in this work tries to deceive the main character by presenting her with a bowl, while another dies after attempting to retrieve a seashell. The main character's adoptive father becomes rich after he finds a nugget of gold in every stalk that he cuts down, and at the end of this work, the main character dons a feather robe in order to return to her home. The protagonist rejects the advances of five princes by giving them impossible tasks, and continues to reject the advances of the emperor. At the end of this work, Princess Kaguya is forced to return to the moon after being discovered as a baby in a stalk. FTP, name this oldest Japanese poetic narrative, a folk-tale named for a farmer who discovers a little girl in one of his plants.
At the end of this work, one character orders the destruction of his elixir of immortality, and an army ascends the slope of a mountain in order to send a message by burning a letter.
“The {Tale} of the {Bamboo Cutter}” [or “{Taketori Monogatari}”; accept “The {Tale} of {Princess Kaguya}” or “{Kaguya}-{hime no Monogatari}” before mentioned, accept reasonable equivalents]