Kimishima, Hisako 1925-

Overview

Works:	149 works in 214 publications in 5 languages and 1,058 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Folklore Legends Comic books, strips, etc History Fantasy fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Biography
Roles:	Author, Translator
Classifications:	PL2697.H75, 895.134

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Hisako Kimishima

Ma Lien and the magic brush by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

5 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Chinese boy's greatest wish is to be an artist but he is too poor to buy a good brush until a wizard appears and gives him one with magic powers

The princess of the rice fields; an Indonesian folk tale by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

5 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and Japanese and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a princess leaves her home in the sky and falls in love with a young man on earth, she is punished by being changed into a rice plant

Lum Fu and the golden mountain by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

2 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 143 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A poor peasant learns a lesson in green when he accidentally discovers the one night a year that the god of the mountain spreads his gold out in the moonlight

Nihon minkan denshō no genryū : Nihon kisō bunka no tankyū( Book )

3 editions published in 1989 in Japanese and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The magic brush by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

5 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Zhong guo shen hua gu shi by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

3 editions published between 1983 and 2001 in Chinese and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hoshi ni natta ryū no kiba by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

4 editions published between 1963 and 2000 in Japanese and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Higashi Ajia no sōsei shinwa( Book )

2 editions published in 1989 in Japanese and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chūgoku no shinwa : tenchi o waketa kyojin( Book )

4 editions published between 1983 and 1985 in Japanese and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tanabata by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

2 editions published between 1963 and 1996 in Japanese and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Weaver is the star Vera: the Cowherd, a constellation in Aquila

El pincel mágico by Armando López Salinas( Book )

1 edition published in 1966 in Spanish and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ōsama to kunin no kyōdai : Chūgoku no minwa( Book )

3 editions published between 1969 and 2000 in Japanese and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An old woman magically gives birth to nine sons all at one time. When the king hears the prophecy that the Nine Brothers are destined to overthrow him, he tries to destroy them through a succession of ordeals. He tries forced overeating, then starvation, beating, and a fall from a mountain top. When these are of no avail, the king resorts to the sword, fire, ice, and finally water as weapons of destruction

Adventures of Monkey King by Cheng'en Wu( Book )

4 editions published between 1975 and 2004 in Japanese and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A mischievous monkey acquires godlike powers and creates havoc in heaven

Tanabata : [The adventure of the Weaver and the Cowherd] by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

1 edition published in 1976 in Japanese and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gin no udewa : Chūgoku no minwa by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

2 editions published in 1997 in Japanese and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Chinese folktale resembling "Cinderella." Ātsu suffers the wrath of her wicked step-mother and step-sister but finds happiness in the end

Zhongguo min jian gu shi xuan by Zhi Jia( Book )

6 editions published between 1964 and 2003 in Japanese and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The journey to the west by Cheng'en Wu( Book )

2 editions published between 1969 and 1987 in Japanese and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The fantastic tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsuan-tsang (596-664), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor and satire."--Book cover

Die towerkwas by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

1 edition published in 1976 in Afrikaans and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shinsetsuna tomodachi by Yiqun Fang( Book )

2 editions published between 1987 and 2012 in Japanese and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tanabata by Hisako Kimishima( Book )

3 editions published in 1976 in Japanese and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retelling of a Chinese folklore about a weaver (Vega) and a cow herd (Altair) who can meet only once a year on July 7