In one story with this plant in its title, Taketori gives impossible tasks to the suitors of the central figure.
Yoko Kawashima Watkins wrote a novel entitled So Far From [this kind of] Grove. Some of Masaoka Shiki's haiku are collected in a book entitled Songs from [this kind of] Village. The title of Jay Rubin's translation of Akutagawa's story "In a Grove" contains the name of this plant, as it takes place in a grove of this plant. In one story with this plant in its title, Taketori gives impossible tasks to the suitors of the central figure. That story ends after Princess Kaguya returns to the moon, and is considered the oldest Japanese folktale. For 10 points, name this fast-growing plant, a cutter of which gives his name to the aforementioned folktale.
Yoko Kawashima Watkins wrote a novel entitled So Far From [this kind of] Grove.
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