Asian or Japanese retelling of Cinderella?

Question

There was a children's book I read as a little girl which was a Japanese retelling of Cinderella. It had a white cover and the ballgown was made out of fish scales.... the Cinderella character had to carry water through the town and smelled of fish. Anyone know the title or author?

Answer 1

Is it "Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China" by Ai-Ling Louie?

I checked out the cover at Amazon and it looks like what you are talking about.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0785715339/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-3928181-3753631#reader-link

If not, here's a title of a Japanese version:

Schroeder, Alan. Lily and the Wooden Bowl. Illus. by Yoriko Ito. 1994. 32p. Dell, paper, $5.99 (0-440-41294-3). Gr. 1–5.

There are so many versions of this story. This might be what you are looking for. But if it's not you can go to the link I list in the source section, and there are many more listed.

Good luck! I hope this helps.