Yei Evelyn Theodora Kate Ozaki, (1870 - 1932) was a Japanesetranslator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales.Her translations were fairly liberal but have been popularand were reprinted several times after her death.Her first major work, The Japanese Fairy Book was published inOctober 1903, reprinted in 1904, 1906, 1908 and 1922, publishedin London by Kelly & Walsh.As a collection, these fairy tales were not translated fromformal Japanese language but were re-worded by her ineveryday language for children, ensuring their popularityin Anglophone countries.(Source: Wikipedia)
