| LC control no. | n 85377789 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | James, Grace |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1882-11-11 |
| Death date | 1965-02-06 |
| Place of birth | Tokyo (Japan) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Children's literature Folklore--Japan |
| Found in | Her Japanese fairy tales, 1979: CSt/RLIN record (hdg.: James, Grace; usage: Grace James) Her Green willow and other Japanese fairy tales, 1987: CIP t.p. (Grace James) Wikipedia, March 21, 2002 (Grace Edith Marion James (11 November 1882 - 6 February 1965, in Rome was an English writer, born in Tokyo. She was both an author of children's literature and a Japanese folklorist. Her Japanese Fairy Tales (1910) collected and retold stories from the Japanese folk tradition. It was illustrated by Warwick Goble. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy tales and The Moon Maiden and Other Japanese Fairy Tales are other editions of the original collection. The Three Dwarf Trees is based on a Japanese play. Japan: Recollections and Impressions, a memoir of her experiences in Japan, was first published in 1936. Grace James also wrote the John and Mary children's adventure series, one of which, John and Mary's Aunt, is about the author's upbringing in Japan. Her father Thomas was a British Naval officer, who was a member of one of the Naval Missions which visited Japan (probably the Douglas Mission, as the dates coincide). Her parents went there around 1873 and she was born in Tokyo seven years later (to be followed by a brother and a sister). The family lived in five houses in and around Tokyo during this period, and spent their summers at Nikko, Kamakura and Karuizawa. When Grace was twelve, the whole family moved back to England) |
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