The crane wife /
retold by Sumiko Yagawa ; translation from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Suekichi Akaba.
- New York : William Morrow, 1981.
- [32] p. : col. ill ; 26 cm.
Translation of Tsuru ny�ob�o.
After Yohei tends a wounded crane, a beautiful young woman begs to become his wife and three times weaves for him an exquisite silken fabric on her loom.