Editing Urashima Tarō (section)

=== Group closest to modern version ===
[[File:Urashima Taro handscroll from Bodleian Library 1.jpg|thumbnail|right|480px|Urashima saves the turtle.{{right|{{small|―From an ''Otogizōshi'' picture scroll in the Bodleian Library collection,{{efn|name="bodleina-shelfmark"|MS. Jap. c. 4 (R)}} late 16th or early 17th century.}}}}]]

The ''Otogi Bunko'' version, despite its conventional status as the type text, differs considerably from the typical children's storybook published in the modern day: the protagonist neither purchases the turtle from others to save it, nor rides the turtle.{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|p=17}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|Urashima did not ride the turtle until the early 18th century.{{sfnp|Hayashi|2001|p=41}}}}

Group I texts are more similar to the modern version, as it contains the element of Urashima purchasing the turtle to save it.{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|p=1}} Additionally, this group explicitly gives the princess's name as Otomime (or "Kame-no-Otohime"){{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|pp=10, 14}}{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|pp=10, 14}}{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|pp=9, 25}} whereas she remains unnamed in the ''Otogi Bunko'' group. And the expression ''[[tamatebako]]'' or "jeweled hand-box" familiar to modern readers is also seen in the main text of Group I, and not the other groups (the interpolated poem excepted).{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|name=tamatebako-in-bunko}}{{sfnp|Hayashi|2013|pp=11, 28, 30}}{{sfnp|Hayashi|2016|pp=10–11}}

The picture scroll in the collection of the [[Bodleian Library]], Oxford University{{efn|name="bodleina-shelfmark"}} also belongs to Group I.{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|pp=4–5}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|The full text is transcribed in Japanese, published in {{harvp|Hayashi|2013|pp=18–31}}.}}

Hayashi Kouhei has highlighted the characteristics of the Group I texts as follows: 1) Urashima purchases a turtle caught by others, 2) Boat arrives to convey him to [[Horai]], 3) The four seasons assuage rather than provoke his homesickness,{{efn|That is, it is opposite the situation in Group I.}} 4) The villagers in recognition of his longevity give him proper [[cremation]],{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|And a Buddhist [[Sādhanā|training priest]] plays a role in convincing the villagers. This priest says Urashima lived 7000 years in the Takayasu, Keio, and Paris texts.{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|p=13}} The [[Japanese Folk Crafts Museum|Nihon Mingeikan]] copy is a hybrid since it gives "700 years" here instead, and "Dragon Palace ([[Ryūgū]])" rather than "Horai".{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|pp=13, 14}}}} 5) Smoke from the ''tamatebako'' reaches Horai and Princess Otohime is grief-stricken.{{sfnp|Hayashi|2011|pp=9–10}}