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Index
Preface
Introduction
1. First Experiments
Fiction
Mori Ō gai
“The Dancing Girl”
Poetry
Ochiai Naobumi
“Song of the Faithful Daughter Shiragiku”
Shimazaki T ō son
“The Fox’s Trick”
“First Love”
Takeshima Hagoromo
“The Maiden Called Love”
2. Beginnings
Fiction
Izumi Ky ō ka
“The Holy Man of Mount K ō ya”
Kunikida Doppo
“Meat and Potatoes”
Masamune Hakuch ō
“The Clay Doll”
Nagai Kaf ū
“The Mediterranean in Twilight”
Ozaki K ō y ō
The Gold Demon
Poetry in the International Style
Kodama Kagai
“The Suicide of an Unemployed Person”
Ishikawa Takuboku
“Better than Crying”
“Do Not Get Up”
“A Spoonful of Cocoa”
“After Endless Discussions”
Kitahara Hakush ū
“Anesthesia of Red Flowers”
“Spider Lilies”
“Kiss”
Takamura K ō tar ō
“Bear Fur”
“A Steak Platter”
Kinoshita Mokutar ō
“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
Yosano Akiko
“The Dancing Girl”
“Spring Thaw”
Essays
Natsume S ō seki
“The Civilization of Modern-Day Japan”
“My Individualism”
3. The Interwar Years
Fiction
Akutagawa Ry ū nosuke
“The Nose”
“The Christ of Nanking”
Edogawa Ranpo
“The Human Chair”
Hori Tatsuo
The Wind Has Risen
Inagaki Taruho
One-Thousand-and-One-Second Stories
Kawabata Yasunari
“The Dancing Girl of Izu”
Page of Madness
Kuroshima Denji
“A Flock of Circling Crows”
Origuchi Shinobu
Writings from the Dead
Shiga Naoya
“The Paper Door”
Tanizaki Jun’ichir ō
“The Two Acolytes”
Uchida Hyakken
“Realm of the Dead”
“Triumphant March into Port Arthur”
Poetry in the International Style
Takamura K ō tar ō
“Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain”
Hagiwara Sakutar ō
“On a Trip”
“Bamboo”
“Sickly Face at the Bottom of the Ground”
“The One Who’s in Love with Love”
“The Army”
“The Corpse of a Cat”
Miyazawa Kenji
“Spring & Asura”
“November 3rd”
Nishiwaki Junzabur ō
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
Kitahara Hakush ū
Okamoto Kanoko
Sait ō Mokichi
Sugita Hisajo
Taneda Sant ō ka
Drama
Kishida Kunio
The Swing
Essay
Kobayashi Hideo
“Literature of the Lost Home”
4. The War Years
Fiction
Dazai Osamu
“December 8th”
Ishikawa Tatsuz ō
Soldiers Alive
Ō oka Sh ō hei
Taken Captive
Poetry in the International Style
Takamura K ō tar ō
“The Elephant’s Piggy Bank”
“The Final Battle for the Ryukyu Islands”
Kusano Shinpei
“Mount Fuji”
Oguma Hideo
“Long, Long Autumn Nights”
Poetry in Traditional Forms
Toki Zenmaro
“Evidence”
Essays
Kobayashi Hideo
“On Impermanence”
Sakaguchi Ango
“A Personal View of Japanese Culture”
5. Early Postwar Literature, 1945 to 1970
Fiction
Abe K ō b ō
“The Red Cocoon”
Ariyoshi Sawako
“The Village of Eguchi”
Enchi Fumiko
“Skeletons of Men”
End ō Sh ū saku
“Mothers”
Hayashi Fumiko
“Blindfold Phoenix”
Hirabayashi Taiko
“Demon Goddess”
Hotta Yoshie
“The Old Man”
Ibuse Masuji
“Old Ushitora”
Inoue Yasushi
“The Rhododendrons of Hira”
Kanai Mieko
“Homecoming”
Kojima Nobuo
“The Smile”
K ō no Taeko
“Final Moments”
Mishima Yukio
“Patriotism”
Noma Hiroshi
“A Red Moon in Her Face”
Takeda Taijun
“The Misshapen Ones”
Yasuoka Sh ō tar ō
“Prized Possessions”
Poetry in the International Style
Ayukawa Nobuo
“In Saigon”
“The End of the Night”
“Wartime Buddy”
Ishigaki Rin
“Roof”
“Shijimi Clams”
“Life”
Katagiri Yuzuru
“Christmas, 1960, Japan”
“Why Security Treaty?”
“Turn Back the Clock”
Shiraishi Kazuko
“The Phallus”
Takamura K ō tar ō
“End of the War”
“My Poetry”
Tanikawa Shuntar ō
“Growth”
“Drizzle”
Tomioka Taeko
“between—”
“Still Life”
Yoshioka Minoru
“Still Life”
“The Past”
Poetry in Traditional Forms
Baba Akiko
Kaneko T ō ta
Nakajo Fumiko
Drama
Betsuyaku Minoru
The Little Match Girl
Kinoshita Junji
Twilight Crane
Essay
Kawabata Yasunari
“Japan, the Beautiful, and Myself”
6. Toward a Contemporary Literature, 1971 to the Present
Fiction
Furui Yoshikichi
“Ravine”
Hirano Keiichir ō
“Clear Water”
Hoshi Shin’ichi
“He-y, Come on Ou-t!”
Kaik ō Takeshi
“The Crushed Pellet”
Murakami Haruki
“Firefly”
Nakagami Kenji
“The Wind and the Light”
Ogawa Y ō ko
“The Cafeteria in the Evening and a Pool in the Rain”
Shima Tsuyoshi
“Bones”
Shimizu Yoshinori
“Jack and Betty Forever”
Takahashi Takako
“Invalid”
Tawada Y ō ko
“Where Europe Begins”
Tsushima Y ū ko
“That One Glimmering Point of Light”
Yoshimoto Banana
“Newlywed”
Poetry in the International Style
It ō Hiromi
“Underground”
“Glen Gould Goldberg”
“Sexual Life of Savages”
Shinkawa Kazue
“The Door”
“When the water called me . . .”
Poetry in Traditional Forms
Tawara Machi
Drama
Inoue Hisashi
Makeup
Kara J ū r ō
The 24:53 Train Bound for “ Tower ” Is Waiting in Front of That Doughnut Shop in Takebaya
Essay
Ō e Kenzabur ō
“Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself”
Bibliography
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