Japanese Short Stories

London: Folio Society, 2000. Small quarto, xvii, 445 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Sipcase. Weighs 2.5 lbs before packing. Fine in fine(-) original slipcase. . Hardcover.

Nice copy. Contents: Introduction. A note on romanisation. The lady who loved insects / Anonymous (Twelfth century). The errand woman / Anonymous (Muromachi period: 1392-1573). The forty-seven rōnins / A.B. Mitford, Lord Redesdale. What the seasons brought the almanac-maker / Ihara Saikaku. The cauldron of Kibitsu / Ueda Akinari. The third night / Natsume Soseki. Old Gen / Kunikida Doppo. Troubled waters / Higuchi Ichiyō. The River Sumida / Nagai Kafū. The razor / Shiga Naoya. Tattoo / Tanizaki Junichirō. In a grove / Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Time / Yokomitsu Riichi. The crazy iris / Ibuse Masuji. The moon on the water / Kawabata Yasunari. Downtown / Hayashi Fumiko. A man's life / Hirabayashi Taiko. Princess Yung-tʼai's necklace / Inoue Yasushi. The sound of hammering / Dazai Osamu. Wait a year and a half / Matsumoto Seichō. The rifle / Kojima Nobuo. The final martyrs / Endo Shusaku. An irrelavant death / Abe Kobo. Patriotism / Mishima Yukio. A certain voice / Kaikō Takeshi. Teach us to outgrow our madness / Ōe Kenzaburo. The shooting gallery / Tsushima Yūko. Newlywed / Yoshimoto Banana. Acknowledgements. Notes: Issued in a slipcase.