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The day the first edition of "Tono Monogatari" was published (Iwate Prefecture)

On June 14, 1910 (Meiji 43) , "Tono Monogatari" (Tales of Tono), a collection of folktales written and compiled by folklorist Kunio Yanagita , was published. These tales were based on traditions from the Tono region of Iwate Prefecture, as told by Kizen Sasaki , a folktale collector and novelist from Tsuchibuchi Village in Tono

The first edition had a print run of 350 copies, printed by Kyorinsha, and was self-published with no publishing house. At the time, the work received mixed reviews, but it is now considered a pioneering work in Japanese folklore studies

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