Taro's dream of the Dragon Palace
My take on the story of Urashima Taro , one of the most famous Japanese folk tales.
One day the young fisherman saves a turtle from children who are tormenting it. As a reward, the Emperor of the sea invites Taro to stay with him and his daughter, Princess Otohime, in Ryūgū-jō - the Dragon Palace. Taro stays for three days, but then asks to go home. Otohime gives Taro a gift of a beautiful box, but she tells him never to open it. On his return home, Taro discovers that everybody he knows is long gone, and that even though he has not aged, 300 years has passed. In grief, he opens the box and instantly changes to an ancient man. The box contained his old age.
Taro's dream of the Dragon Palace
My take on the story of Urashima Taro , one of the most famous Japanese folk tales.
One day the young fisherman saves a turtle from children who are tormenting it. As a reward, the Emperor of the sea invites Taro to stay with him and his daughter, Princess Otohime, in Ryūgū-jō - the Dragon Palace. Taro stays for three days, but then asks to go home. Otohime gives Taro a gift of a beautiful box, but she tells him never to open it. On his return home, Taro discovers that everybody he knows is long gone, and that even though he has not aged, 300 years has passed. In grief, he opens the box and instantly changes to an ancient man. The box contained his old age.