Vol. 3June 2026
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Buying Mittens

手袋を買いに

新美南吉 · Japanese

On a bitter winter night, a mother fox sends her cub into the human village to buy a pair of warm mittens.

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On a bitter winter night, a mother fox sends her cub into the human village to buy a pair of warm mittens. Niimi Nankichi's tender fable of maternal love and the fragile trust between humans and animals.

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新美南吉

신미 난키치(新美南吉, 1913-1943)는 일본의 아동 문학 작가입니다. 대표작으로는 동화 '장갑을 사러'가 있으며, 짧은 생애 동안 따뜻하고 서정적인 작품을 통해 일본 아동 문학에 큰 영향을 미쳤습니다. 그의 작품은 인간과 자연에 대한 깊은 애정을 담고 있다는 평가를 받습니다.

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