Mi-te, an illustrated book community aimed at parents with pre-school children recently conducted a survey on traditional Japanese fairy tales.
Demographics
Between the 19th of February and 4th of March 2013 480 members of their 400,000 people-strong web site completed a members-only survey, accessible through both computers and mobile phones. 309 people used a computer, 190 a mobile devicce (obviously some used both), 120 people had an ?iku-memo? (shared child-growth calendar. I would presume) and 19 a ?yomi-log? (blog?), and 13 a photo-bee (photo album?). 97.7% of the respondents were female, 0.8% 20 years old or younger, 5.4% between 21 and 25 years old, 16.5% between 26 and 30 years old, 33.1% between 31 and 35 years old, 26.9% between 36 and 40 years old, 13.1% between 41 and 45 years old, and 4.2% aged 46 years old or more. Furthermore, the youngest child of 31.8% was zero years old, 20.4% was one year old, 9.8% was two years old, 12.5% was three years old, 7.5% was four years old, 4.2% was five years old, and 13.8% six or more years old. Finally, 55.8% had one child, 34.2% two children, 8.3% three children, and 1.7% four or more children.
Like many of the Western fairy tales, the stories have been considerably revised and cleaned up over the years. In Momotaro, for instance, the current story has Momotaro appearing from a peach and being adopted by an elderly couple; the original tale was that a spirit grants the old couple a wish, they ask for their youth back for one night, and Granny ends up pregnant with Momotaro?
I?ve linked below to translations of the various Japanese stories.
Research results
Read more on: children,fairy tale,mi-teQ1: Do you read traditional Japanese fairy tales to your children? (Sample size=480)
Q2: Which do you read more to your children, traditional Japanese fairy tales or worldwide fairy tales? (Sample size=480)
Japanese fairy tales 53.8% Worldwide fairy tales 20.8% Neither 25.4% Q3: About how often do you read traditional Japanese fairy tales to your children? (Sample size=480)
Every day 4.2% Two or three times a week 12.1% Once a week 23.3% Once a month 18.5% Few times a year 12.9% Never 28.4% No answer 0.6% Q4: Did your parents, neighbours, etc read traditional Japanese fairy tales to you when you were a child? (Sample size=480)
Q5: What image do you have of traditional Japanese fairy tales? (Sample size=480, multiple answer)
? Votes Percentage Nostalgic 368 76.7% Morally instructive 245 51.0% Enjoyable 211 44.0% Scary 68 14.2% Old 36 7.5% Difficult contents 28 5.8% Difficult to read 27 5.6% Uninteresting 5 1.0% Other 13 2.7% Q6: What was your favourite traditional Japanese fairy tales when you were a child? (Sample size=480)
Q7: What age was your child when you first start reading traditional Japanese fairy tales to them? (Sample size=480)
In the womb 5.6% Zero years old 14.8% One year old 16.7% Two years old 16.9% Three years old 11.9% Four years old 2.9% Five years old 0.8% Never read 28.3% No answer 2.1% Q8: What was the first traditional Japanese fairy tale you read to your child? (Sample size=480)
Q9: Does your child like traditional Japanese fairy tales? (Sample size=480)
Q10: What is your child?s favourite traditional Japanese fairy tale? (Sample size=480)
Q11: On what basis do you choose which traditional Japanese fairy tale to read to your child? (Sample size=480, multiple answer)
? Votes Percentage Contents 314 65.4% Illustrations 285 59.4% Read when I was a child 189 39.4% Written using easy-to-understand language 176 36.7% Amount of text 109 22.7% What kind of moral it teaches 65 13.5% Had it read in kindergarten, nursery school 39 8.1% Other 19 4.0% Q12: Do you think reading traditional Japanese fairy tales to children is a useful part of child-rearing? (Sample size=480)
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