Tasaku

"To show his power, he burned the fields, he parched the land, and made the men beg for more water."

- The narrator, narrating about one of Tasaku's being roguish towards the field



Tasaku is eventually the true antagonist of the legend "The Stonecutter" by Gerald McDermott. He also appears in the film by Gerald McDermott, but is depicted in Chinese tales.

Even though Tasaku is the main protagonist of the legend, his attitude in character became suspicious and depressed after meeting a prince who was envious of him. Tasaku was the hero who became evil bad and wanted to become more powerful than a prince.

Legend
Eventually, Tasaku asked the mountain spirit about nothing but to work each day. He say a prince who was envious in him, which resulted him to become very notorious ever than the other. It all started once Tasaku never started cutting many stones.



Tasaku wanted to be a prince, which made the spirits hear the voice. The wish was granted. Now a prince, Tasaku walked every day across the gardens. The sun started burning the crops. He demands the spirits to make him into the sun in order for photosynthesis; by doing the task wrongly, which became a disaster. The land was parched and the fields are burned. Also, the villagers are very angry that there is lack of water.



Then, a cloud came towards Tasaku as the sun. This made the cloud more powerful than the sun. Tasaku became a cloud to make rain towards the fields. One of more despicable choices done by Tasaku is creating storms, which flooded the village.

Tasaku demanded the spirits by turning him into a mountain. He turned into a mountain; as Tasaku had nothing else to do, which made him fall off the mountain. Tasaku was then taught a lesson.

Trivia

 * Tasaku is very similar to the grouchy wife from "The Little Sparrow". Both trembled from the mountains after being mean, which taught the two villains a lesson.