They soon died out of grief. Since Okina had found the child in a familiar grove, close to home, he interpreted this as a sign from heaven that he should raise this girl as his own. When Kaguya hime received the bowl, she opened it up and found that it was made of common stone and saw that the prince had tried to trick her. Fuji comes up like a floating bridge to that city in the moon far off in the sky. Eventually five princes came and thought that whenever they saw Kaguya-hime, she was the most beautiful person ever, and decided to try and get her hand in marriage. Why dont you consider choosing the one who best suits you?, The princess hesitated. Don't be greedy, better to give than to retrieve, we need to share what we have with others, and God will bless us more. Though her adoptive parents grow very worried and question her, she refuses to tell them what is wrong. Translation by Kunimasa NeromeEdited by Jenny Auld. It is the tale of Princess Kaguya who comes from the inside of a shining bamboo shoot and is brought up by a bamboo cutter and his wife. During the hunt, the Emperor sawKaguya-himein her room and was mesmerized by her beauty. It is said that she was sent to the Earth, where she would inevitably form material attachment, as a punishment for some crime without further description. Sutemaru is emblematic of the freer rural life which Princess Kaguya desperately misses; her life of elegance in the capital only succeeds in making her miserable.