The following stories are not my tellings, but more or less direct translations from Tsubota Joji's Nippon Mukashibanashi. They are categorized in terms of the quilt stories with which they share themes or subjects. The order in which they are added to this page is strictly ad libidum.

Related Stories

• Acolyte Stories
  • The Priest and the Acolyte (Botamochi)
  • The Priest and the Acolyte (Deadly Poison)
  • The Priest and the Acolyte (The Miso's Father)
  • The Priest and the Acolyte (Releasing the Salted Salmon in the Lake)
  • The Yamanba and the Acolyte
• Unusual Birth or Pilgrimage Stories
  • The Mountain God and the Child
• Other Dragon Palace stories
  • The Flower Seller and the Dragon Palace
  • The Snotty-Nosed Kid
  • The Dragon Palace Bride
  • The Dragon Palace Horse
  • The Gold-Laying Turtle
• Kaguya Hime See Takatori Monogatari
• Gombei the Duck Hunter
• Just-So stories
  • The Frog and the Snake
  • The Crane and the Turtle
• Yamauba Stories
  • The Oxdriver and the Yamanba
  • The Winnow-maker and the Yamanba
  • The Yamanba's Treasure Cape
  • The Yamanba and the Acolyte
• Crane stories and Ongaeshi stories
  • The Crane on the Wall
  • The Dragon Palace Bride
  • The Stork's Gratitude
  • The Crane and the Turtle
  • The Bamboo Boy
• Mouse Stories
  • The Mouse Sutra
• Other dog stories:
  • The Flower Seller and the Dragon Palace
  • The Singing Turtle(no dogs mentioned, but this is still the right category.)
  • The Gold-Laying Turtle (ditto)
• Other shape-changing tanuki, foxes, mushrooms and things like that:
  • The Transformed Teakettle
  • The Miraculous Teakettle
  • The Fox and the Tanuki
  • The Fox and the Acolyte
  • The Tanuki's Deceit
  • Foxes of Long Ago
  • The Mushroom Ghosts
• Gourd stories:
  • The Tengu's Gourd
  • The Gourd and the Kappa
  • Kinshichi and Magoshichi Who Came From A Gourd
• Jizo stories:
  • Three Jizos
  • Jizo and the Monkeys
• Going to Heaven
  • Tenningo
  • Inukai and Tanabata
  • Gengoro Goes to Heaven