Rong Zitang

Author: Matsuyama Misako
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Since its debut in Japan in 1960, this book has been reprinted multiple times and has become one of the longest-living works in the history of Japanese children's literature. It has won the th Talk Show Children's Literature Newcomer Award, the 8th Nikkei Children's Publishing Culture Award, and the Excellence Award of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award. The work has been adapted into films, television dramas, and stage plays, translated into multiple languages such as English, French, German, and Russian, and is widely beloved by readers. In a small mountain village, there lived a boy named Ryūzō Tarō. His mother, having eaten the three rockfish that belonged to everyone, was punished and transformed into a dragon. His grandmother told Tarō that his mother hoped he would find her when he grew up. With the help of a Kappa, Tarō became incredibly strong. After enduring countless hardships, he finally found his mother. To bring prosperity to the farmers, his mother used her own body to crash open a mountain, helping Tarō create vast fields.