The Rooster: Legends

For 1921, the Year of the Rooster, Minakata Kumagusu gathered the fowl's names, its crow at dawn, its role as sacrifice and omen, cockfighting, the bird in Buddhist and Chinese literature and in the folklore of India, Europe and Japan.

This edition is a complete, unabridged New English Translation made directly from the Japanese, with endnotes identifying sources, persons and period terms.

AI-assisted translation.