Published March 10, 1971 by Grove Press.
Modern Japanese Literature
by Donald Keene
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From inside the book: Few of the translations given here have ever before appeared in print. Most were made especially for this volume... The stories included in this book: "The Beefeater" by Kanagaki Robun; "The Western Peep Show" by Hattori Busho; "The Thieves" by Kawatake Mokuami; "The Essences of the Novel" by Tsubouchi Shoyo; "The Drifting Cloud" by Futabatei Shimei; "Growing Up" by Higuchi Ichiyo; "Old Gen" by Kunikida Doppo; "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki; "The Broken Commandment" by Shimazaki Toson; "One Soldier" by Tayama Katai; "The River Sumida" by Nagai Nafuu; "The Romaji Diary" by Ishikawa Takuboku; "The Wild Goose" by Mori Ogai; "A Tale of Three Who Were Blind" by Izumi Kyoka; "Sanctuary" by Naka Kansuke; "Han's Crime" by Shiga Naoya; "At Kinosaki" by Shiga Naoya; "The Madman on the Roof" by Kikuchi Kan; "The Tiger" by Kume Masao; "Keda and Morito" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke; "Hell Screen" by Akutagawa …
From inside the book: Few of the translations given here have ever before appeared in print. Most were made especially for this volume... The stories included in this book: "The Beefeater" by Kanagaki Robun; "The Western Peep Show" by Hattori Busho; "The Thieves" by Kawatake Mokuami; "The Essences of the Novel" by Tsubouchi Shoyo; "The Drifting Cloud" by Futabatei Shimei; "Growing Up" by Higuchi Ichiyo; "Old Gen" by Kunikida Doppo; "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki; "The Broken Commandment" by Shimazaki Toson; "One Soldier" by Tayama Katai; "The River Sumida" by Nagai Nafuu; "The Romaji Diary" by Ishikawa Takuboku; "The Wild Goose" by Mori Ogai; "A Tale of Three Who Were Blind" by Izumi Kyoka; "Sanctuary" by Naka Kansuke; "Han's Crime" by Shiga Naoya; "At Kinosaki" by Shiga Naoya; "The Madman on the Roof" by Kikuchi Kan; "The Tiger" by Kume Masao; "Keda and Morito" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke; "Hell Screen" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke; "The Cannery Boat" by Kobayashi Takiji; "Time" by Yokomitsu Riichi; "Earth and Soldiers" by Hino Ashihei; "The Mole" by Kawabata Yasunari; "The Firefly Hunt" by Tanizaki Junichiro; "The Mother of Captain Shiegmoto" by Tanizaki Junichiro; "Villion's Wife" by Dazai Osamu; "Tokyo" by Hayashi Fumiko; "Omi" by Mishima Yukio. ~As well as "Modern Poetry in Chinese", "Modern Haiku" I & II, "Modern Poetry" I & II, & "Modern Waka"