Talk:The Stonecutter

Origin dispute
The fable referenced in this article has no further links in Wikipedia.org. The alternate title suggests a point of origin somewhere in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, &c. Recommend referring the fable to WikiProjects Germany, Denmark, Austria and Holland for further research, in addition to WikiProject Thailand for confirmation of details. - B.C.Schmerker 17:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

The Wikipedia page mentions: “it was first translated by David Brauns in Japanische Märchen und Sagen (1885).” But a well-written Dutch version of the story of the Japanese Stonecutter was already included at the end of chapter 11 of the Dutch novel Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (1860) by Multatuli, pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker. And that’s not even the first Dutch version. In Max Havelaar, the story is sourced, as earlier in the chapter the narrator writes: “In the Periodical of Dutch India (Tydschrift van Nederlandsch Indie) I had read not long before a story by Jeronimus: the Japanese Stonecutter…” And indeed: the story also appeared in this periodical (again in Dutch), 4th year (1842), part I, p. 400–408, by Jeronimus, pseudonym of Wolter Robert baron van Hoëvell. — Adhemar (talk) 12:22, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

WP:East Asia Assessment Commentary
I replaced WP:Japan with WP:East Asia. The article states plainly that it is a Chinese folktale, then states that sources are conflicted over whether it is more Japanese or Chinese, or European in origin. It seems the best that can be said is that the story exists in East Asia. Boneyard90 (talk) 16:55, 1 December 2012 (UTC)