»The story of the bamboo cutter, or of Princess Kaguya«, is Japan’s oldest romantic fairytalelike narrative, dating back to 900. While at work, a childless bamboo cutter discovers a stray child, which he and his wife raise as their own. The radiantly beautiful child has been sent to earth as a gift from the moon, and though her beauty attracts powerful men as suitors: Kaguya is the princess of the moon and must return there.

Die Mondprinzessin

Oper Leipzig

"The Story of the Bamboo Collector or Princess Kaguya" is the oldest fairy-tale-romantic story in Japan and dates back to the year 900. During his work, a childless man discovers...

Martin Chaix

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