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What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition What day is it on June 14th?

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

Kojin Shrine in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture
Kojin Shrine in Tono City, Iwate Prefecture

On June 14, 1910 (Meiji 43), "Tono Monogatari" (Tales of Tono), a collection of folktales writtenKizen SasakifolkloristKunio Yanagitaand compiled byfolktale, was published.

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 nowpioneering work in Japanese folklore studiesconsidered a

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