I. Kaguya-hime's Childhood

One day, the Old Bamboo Cutter, Sanuki no Miyatsuko, found a baby girl sleeping in a bamboo, brought her home, and took care of her as his daughter. The girl was very adorable and pretty. She grew up in one day, just like bamboo shoots. After the girl became one of the Miyatsuko's family members, the bamboo cutter often discovered gold inside bamboos. As a result, he became very rich. When the girl attained the full height, Miyatsuko asked a diviner from Mimuroto, called Imbe no Akita, to give the girl a name. Impressed by her appearance, Akita decided to name her Nayotake no Kaguya-hime, or the Shining Princess of the Supple Bamboo.

III. The Stone Begging-Bowl of the Buddha

Although Prince Ishizukuri informed Kaguya that he was departing for India and planning to spend three years searching for the begging-bow, he actually did not leave the country and simply found a bow from a mountain temple in Tochi districh from Yamato Province. Kaguya quickly realized that this bowl was not from India by examining if it gave off a light. Prince Ishizukuri did not win Kaguya's favor.

V. The Robe Made of Fire-Rat Fur

The Minister of the Right Abe did put effort to find the robe. He was negotiating with a Chinese business man and eventually bought the robe at the expense of many golds. What he did not realize was that this robe was actually a fake one. When Kaguya put the robe into fire, it burned immediately, which should not happen to the real fire-rat fur robe. Although Abe spent almost all money he had buying this robe, he still did not win Kaguys's favor.

VII. The Easy-Delivery Charm of the Swallows

The first thing Isonokami no Marotari did was to figure out what the easy-delivery charm of the swallows was. He asked the men in his employ, who had killed thousands of swallows, but they did not know anything about the charm. He accidentally knew that many swallows were making nests along the eaves of the Palace Kitchen. He therefore climed into a basket and tried to feel in one of the nests. Once he found something flat, he was so excited that when his assistants lowered him down, the rope snapped and he plunged down. He broken his legs, and when he realized that what he obtained was not the charm, but simple old droppings of the swallows, he was shameful and upset. But his effort did not help him win Kaguya's love.

IX. The Celestial Robe of Feathers

After showing her magical power, Kaguya realized that she was not from the earth. Every time she looked at the moon, she started to cry because she knew that someone from the moon would come to the earth and take her back. The bamboo cutter, his wife, and the emperor were trying to prevent her from leaving, but when the next full-moon night came, people from the moon descended to the Palace. When Kaguya wore the celestial robe of feathers from the moon, she had to delete all of her memories on the earth. She was then taken back to the moon.