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The book invites you to revel in the world of legends, to dream as you once did as a child.

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Hirafuji Kikuko Professor, Faculty of Shintō Studies, Kokugakuin University. Born in 1972. Specializes in mythology. Head of Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics at the same university.

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