Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Urashima’s Dragon Palace
Otohime reveals her identity after Urashima’s kindness to the tortoise. Her country is described as a land of eternal youth and everlasting summer. Different directions in the palace grounds show spring flowers, summer, autumn leaves and winter snow together.
Also known as Otohime’s Country
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In the sources
Account in the source
TraditionalOtohime reveals her identity after Urashima’s kindness to the tortoise. Her country is described as a land of eternal youth and everlasting summer.
Further detail
TraditionalDifferent directions in the palace grounds show spring flowers, summer, autumn leaves and winter snow together.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the realm in Davis’s popular Urashima story. It remains separate from Hoori’s Sea God’s Palace and Sentaro’s deathless land rather than merging all sea or immortal realms. Eternal youth and simultaneous seasons are narrative features, not verified environmental conditions.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths and Legends of Japan
a land where there was eternal youth and everlasting summerOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Davis, Myths & Legends of Japan, active reader leaf 352
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0052-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0052-E001-P0352
- Original scan leaf
- 383
- Recorded leaf number
- 383
- Current Reader position
- 351
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
Myths and Legends of Japan
All the seasons lingered together in that fair countryOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Davis, Myths & Legends of Japan, active reader leaf 353
Checked against the active prepared edition; reader leaf and original-page mapping verified, spacing normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0052-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0052-E001-P0353
- Original scan leaf
- 384
- Recorded leaf number
- 384
- Current Reader position
- 352
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed