Description: The animal frolic

Animals of the forest gather for a day of fun and frolic, culminating in a wrestling match to see who will be chosen "King of all the animal frolic."

Uniform Title:	Scrolls of frolicking animals and people
Other Authors:	Kakuyū, 1053-1140,, Varner, Velma,, G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1954]
Physical Description:	48 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm. Also issued online.
Subjects:	Scrolls of frolicking animals and people. Animals -- Fiction. Animals -- Juvenile fiction. Art, Japanese -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Juvenile fiction. Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction. Wrestling matches -- Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	Animals of the forest gather for a day of fun and frolic, culminating in a wrestling match to see who will be chosen "King of all the animal frolic."
Item Description:	The illus. are reproduced from the Chōjū giga or Scrolls of animal caricatures, attributed to Toba Sōjō (Kakuyū), which are in Kōzan-ji, Kyoto. No story appears on the original text, but many interpretations have been created. The text for this book was writen by Velma Varner. Animals of the forest gather for a day of fun and frolic, culminating in a wrestling match to see who will be chosen "King of all the animal frolic." Also issued online.
Physical Description:	48 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm. Also issued online.