Ranka (legend)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Ranka (legend).

A Chinese legend similar to that of Rip Van Winkle. The exact date of origin is unknowns although an ealry literary reference is a poem written in 900 A.D. by the Japanese poet and court official Ki no Tomonori.