is a Japanese folklorist born in 1939 at Okayama Prefecture. Writings Folktales of Okayama, in English translation (英訳・岡山の民話 Eiyaku - Okayama no Minwa) A Collection of Grimm Old Tales (グリム昔話集 Gurimu Mukashibanashi-shuu) Scottish Folktales (スコットランドの民話 Sukottorando no Minwa) Irish Folktales and Legends (アイルランドの民話と伝説 Airurando no Miwa to Densetsu) Tristram and Iseult (トリスタンとイズート Torisutan to Izuuto) References Living people 1939 births Japanese writers