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In #JapaneseFolklore, the tale of Urashima Taro is about a humble fisherman who rescues a turtle from torment. His kind act sets off a chain of events that takes him deep beneath the waves to the Palace of the Dragon King, a realm of beauty and magic. Time behaves differently in this undersea world, where what appears as mere days transpires as years. After a joyful sojourn at the Palace Urashima returns to his village where he opens a...
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...forbidden box given to him by the princess and finds himself transformed into an old man. He discovered that 300 years had passed and everyone he once knew were all long dead. In some ways this is a cautionary tale and a reminder about the dangers of tampering with the unseen forces that shape our existence. Web version here: https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/07/urashima-taro.html?m=1
1. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
2. Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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