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For the Japanese folktale, see Tsuru no Ongaeshi.

2006 studio album by The Decemberists

The Crane Wife is the fourth album by the Decemberists, released in 2006.

It was produced by Tucker Martine and Chris Walla, and is the band's first album on the Capitol Records label. The album was inspired by a Japanese folk tale, and centers on two song cycles, The Crane Wife and The Island, the latter inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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National Public Radio listeners voted The Crane Wife the best album of 2006.^[4]

The album cover was designed by the Portland artist Carson Ellis, Colin Meloy's wife, who has created artwork for each of the band's albums.

The story of The Crane Wife

Further information: Tsuru no Ongaeshi

The Crane Wife is an old Japanese folktale. While there are many variations of the tale, a common version is that a poor man finds an injured crane on his doorstep (or outside with an arrow in it), takes it in