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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945

J. Thomas Rimer and Van C. Gessel

Paper, 888 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11861-3
$28.50 / £19.50

vol. 1
May, 2005
Cloth, 888 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11860-6
$72.50 / £50.00

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1. First Experiments

Fiction

Mori Ogai

"The Dancing Girl"

San'yutei Encho

The Ghost Tale of the Peony Lantern

Tokai Sanshi

Strange Encounters with Beautiful Women

Poetry

"Spring Blossoms into Flower"

"Butterflies"

Yuasa Hangetsu

"Twelve Stones"

Ueki Emori

"Liberty Song"

Ochiai Naobumi

"Song of the Faithful Daughter Shiragiku"

Shimazaki Toson

"The Foxís Trick"

"First Love"

Yosano Hiroshi

"Victory Arches"

"Withered Lotus"

Takeshima Hagoromo

"The Maiden Called Love"

2. Beginnings

Fiction

Futabatei Shimei

Drifting Clouds

Izumi Kyoka

The Holy Man of Mount Koya

Koda Rohan

The Icon of Liberty

Kunikida Doppo

"Meat and Potatoes"

Masamune Hakucho

"The Clay Doll"

Mori ogai

"The Boat on the River Takase"

Nagai Kafu

"The Mediterranean in Twilight"

Ozaki Koyo

The Gold Demon

Shimazaki Toson

"The Life of a Certain Woman"

Tayama Katai

"The Girl Watcher"

Tokuda Shusei

"The Town's Dance Hall"

Tokutomi Roka

"Ashes"

Poetry in the International Style

Kodama Kagai

"The Suicide of an Unemployed Person"

"The Setting Sun"

Ishikawa Takuboku

"Better than Crying"

"Do Not Get Up"

"A Spoonful of Cocoa"

"After Endless Discussions"

Kawai Suimei

"Snowflame"

"Living Voice"

Kitahara Hakush

"Anesthesia of Red Flowers"

"Spider Lilies"

"Kiss"

Yamamura Bocho

"Ecstasy"

"Dance"

"Mandala"

Takamura Kotaro

"Bear Fur"

"A Steak Platter"

Kinoshita Mokutaro

"Nagasaki Style"

"Gold Leaf Brandy"

Yosano Akiko

"Beloved, You Must Not Die"

"In the First Person"

"A Certain Country"

"From Paris on a Postcard"

"The Heart of a Thirtyish Woman"

Poetry in Traditional Forms

Kanshi

Tanka and Haiku

Ishikawa Takuboku

Masaoka Shiki

Tanka

Haiku

Natsume Soseki

Wakayama Bokusui

Yosano Akiko

"The Dancing Girl"

"Spring Thaw"

Essays

Natsume Soseki

"The Civilization of Modern-Day Japan"

"My Individualism"

Yosano Akiko

"An Open Letter"

3. The Interwar Years

Fiction

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

"The Nose"

"The Christ of Nanking"

Arishima Takeo

"The Clock that Does Not Move"

Edogawa Ranpo

"The Human Chair"

Hori Tatsuo

The Wind Has Risen

Inagaki Taruho

One-Thousand-and-One-Second Stories

Ito Sei

"A Department Store Called M"

Kajii Motojiro

"The Lemon"

Kawabata Yasunari

"The Dancing Girl of Izu"

Kobayashi Takiji

"The Fifteenth of March, 1928"

Kuroshima Denji

"A Flock of Circling Crows"

Miyamoto Yuriko

"A Sunless Morning"

Origuchi Shinobu

Writings from the Dead

Shiga Naoya

"The Diary of Claudius"

"The Paper Door"

"The Shopboy's God"

Takeda Rintaro

"The Lot of Dire Misfortune"

Tani Joji

"The Shanghaied Man"

Tanizaki Jun'ichiro

"The Two Acolytes"

Uno Koji

"Landscape with Withered Tree"

Yokomitsu Riichi

"Mount Hiei"

Poetry in the International Style

Takamura Kotaro

"Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain"

Hagiwara Sakutaro

"On a Trip"

"Bamboo"

"Sickly Face at the Bottom of the Ground"

"The One Whoís in Love with Love"

"The Army"

"The Corpse of a Cat"

Miyazawa Kenji

"Spring & Asura"

"The Morning of the Last Farewell"

"November 3rd"

Nishiwaki Junzaburo

Seven Poems from Ambarvalia

No Traveler Returns

Kitasono Katsue

"Collection of White Poems"

"Vin du masque"

"Words"

Two Poems

"Almost Midwinter"

Kitasono's First Letter to Ezra Pound

Nakano Shigeharu

"Imperial Hotel"

"Song"

"Paul Claudel"

"Train"

"The Rate of Exchange"

Poetry in Traditional Forms

Akutagawa Ryonosuke

Kitahara Hakushu

Mitsuhashi Takujo

Ogiwara Seisensui

Okamoto Kanoko

Ozaki Hosai

Saito Mokichi

Shaku Choku

Sugita Hisajo

Taneda Santoka

Yamaguchi Seishi

Drama

Kishida Kunio

The Swing

Tanizaki Jun'ichiro

Okuni and Gohei

Essays

Kobayashi Hideo

"Literature of the Lost Home"

Sato Haruo

"Discourse on 'Elegance'"

4. The War Years

Fiction

Dazai Osamu

"December 8th"

Ishikawa Tatsuzo

Soldiers Alive

Kajiyama Toshiyuki

"The Clan Records"

Nakajima Atsushi

"The Ox Man"

ooka Shohei

Taken Captive

ota Yoko

"Fireflies"

Shimao Toshio

"The Departure Never Came"

Uno Chiyo

"A Wife's Letters"

Poetry in the International Style

Takamura Kotaro

"The Elephant's Piggy Bank"

"The Final Battle for the Ryukyu Islands"

Yoshida Issui

"Swans"

Kusano Shinpei

"Mount Fuji"

Oguma Hideo

"Long, Long Autumn Nights"

Poetry in Traditional Forms

Saitp Sanki

Toki Zenmaro

"Evidence"

Essays

Hagiwara Sakutaro

"Return to Japan"

Kobayashi Hideo

"On Impermanence"

"Taima"

Sakaguchi Ango

"A Personal View of Japanese Culture"

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About the Author

J. Thomas Rimer is emeritus professor of East Asian languages and literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of several works, including Traditions in Modern Japanese Fiction: An Introduction and A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature. Van C. Gessel is professor of Japanese literature at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Three Modern Novelists: Soseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata and coeditor of The Showa Anthology: Modern Japanese Short Stories.

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