ðə stˈoːɹi hˈæzbiːn tɹænslˈeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ mˈɛni tˈaɪmz, baɪ ˈeɪ. bˈiː. mˈɪtfɚd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti wˈʌn, wˈɪljəm ˈɛlɪət ɡɹˈɪfiz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi, dˈeɪvɪd tˈɑːmsən æz vˈɑːljuːm tˈuː ʌv heɪsɡˈɑːwə tækdʒˈiəɹoʊz dʒˌæpənˈiːz fˈɛɹi tˈeɪl sˈɪɹiz, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈaɪv, jˈeɪ θiːədˈoːɹə ɑːzˈæki nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θɹˈiː, tɚɹˈiːsə pˈɛɹs wˈɪlɪstən nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹ, ænd mˈɛni ˈʌðɚz.
The story has been translated into English many times, by A. B. Mitford (1871), William Elliot Griffis (1880), David Thomson (as volume 2 of Hasegawa Takejirō's Japanese Fairy Tale Series, 1885), Yei Theodora Ozaki (1903), Teresa Peirce Williston (1904), and many others.