Sachiko Taki-Reece, EdD, MFT, JA, CST-T

Los Angeles, California, USA

Journal of Sandplay Therapy
Volume 17, Issue 2, 2008

Keywords

fairy tales, Japan, cultural diversity, East, West, multicultural world, Urashima Taro, Yama-uba, “woman of will,” “forbidden chamber,” great mother, motifs, Japan, book review.

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Sachiko Taki Reece reviews  The Japanese Psyche: Major Motifs in the Fairy Tales of Japan by Hayao Kawai, Kyoto, Japan, published by Spring Publications in 1988. Dr. Taki Reece discusses cultural diversity and Japanese motifs as well as fairy tales and stories such as that of Urashima Taro, Yama-uba.

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Taki-Reece, S. (2008). The Japanese psyche: Major motifs in the fairy tales of Japan, by Prof. Hayao Kawai. Journal of Sandplay Therapy,17(2), 135–138. https://doi.org/10.61711/jst.2008.17.2.240

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