Modern Japanese Stories (1961)
edited by Ivan Morris
4544541Modern Japanese Stories1961

Modern

Japanese Stories

Modern
Japanese Stories

Edited with an Introduction by

Ivan Morris

Eyre & Spottiswoode·London

To E.M. and I.V.M.

UNESCO collection of representative works, Japanese series. This book has been accepted in the Japanese Translations series of the UNESCO collection of representative work jointly sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO.

First published in this edition in 1961
by Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd
22 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, WC2
© 1961 by Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd
Printed in Great Britain by
Shenval Press Ltd, London, Hertford and Harlow
Catalogue No. 6/4243

The Japanese calligraphy was drawn by Peter Lee, Assistant Professor of Japanese at Columbia University.

Contents

Factual Notes page 007
Introduction 009
Mori Ōgai Under Reconstruction 037
Tokuda Shūsei The Decoration 044
Nagai Kafū Hydrangea 063
Shiga Naoya The Artist 078
Tanizaki Junichirō The Victim 084
Kikuchi Kan On the Conduct of Lord Tadanao 093
Satomi Ton The Camellia 133
Murō Saisei Brother and Sister 137
Satō Haruo The House of a Spanish Dog 155
Akutagawa Ryūnosuké An Autumn Mountain 165
Ogawa Mimei Wager in Mid-air 174
Hayama Yoshiki Letter Found in a Cement Barrel 192
Ibusé Masuji The Charcoal Bus 197
Yokomitsu Riichi Machine 207
Kawabata Yasunari The Moon on the Water 229
Itō Einosuké The Song Bird 240
Nagai Tatsuo Morning Mist 288
Niwa Fumio The Hateful Age 306
Hayashi Fumiko Tokyo 336
Hirabayashi Taiko A Man’s Life 351
Sakaguchi Ango The Idiot 368
Inoué Yasushi Shotgun 404
Nakajima Ton The Wild Beast 442
Dazai Osamu A Visitor 453
Mishima Yukio The Priest of Shiga Temple and His Love 469
Notes on Authors 487
Selected Bibliography of Translations from the Japanese 518
List of Stories Prepared by Respective Translators 526
Index of Authors 528

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