Story thumb|Japanese woodblock print of Tanabata festivities in Edo (Tokyo), 1852, by Hiroshige thumb|Yashima Gakutei thumb|Display of Edo Tanabata at Fukagawa Edo Museum Like Qixi and Chilseok, Tanabata was inspired by the famous Chinese folklore story, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl". Some versions were included in the Man'yōshū.
Story thumb|Japanese woodblock print of Tanabata festivities in Edo (Tokyo) 1852, by Hiroshige thumb|Yashima Gakutei thumb|Display of Ed,o Tanabata at Fukagawa Edo Museum Like Qixi and Chilseok, Tanabata was inspired by the famous Chinese folklore story, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl". Some versions were included in the Man'yōshū.