Genre

Japanese Classics

Illustrator

Minoru Kiyan

Retelling

Kyoko Shimbo

3 - 6 yrs

iPad Edition

Release Date : 2012/08/24

App Store Price : 2.99US$

One of the 3 short stories, “The Tiger in the Screen” is the tale of Ikkyu-san’s
experience in the castle of a Feudal Lord. Ikkyu-san is called upon to “tie up a tiger” that has been causing problems in the castle. The tiger, however, is not real, but painted on a large screen. To outwit the Feudal Lord and politely challenge his demand, Ikkyu-san first asks him for one favor…