Contemporary Japanese Literature

by Hibbett, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780887274367
• ISBN10: 0887274366
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Cheng & Tsui Co

Summary

Lovers of Japanese and Asian literature, rejoice! This superb survey of one of the most active and interesting literary scenes of the twentieth century is back in print.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Introduction	xix
Editor's Note	xxiii
FURUI YOSHIKICHI
Wedlock	3	(38)
(A story, translated by Howard Hibbett)
KONO TAEKO
Bone Meat	41	(12)
(A story, translated by Lucy Lower)
ABE KOBO
Friends	53	(57)
(A play, translated by Donald Keene)
YASUOKA SHOTARO
Prized Possessions	110	(9)
(A story, translated by Edwin McClellan)
KOJIMA NOBUO
The American School	119	(26)
(A story, translated by William F. Sibley)
KUROSAWA AKIRA
Ikiru	145	(44)
(A filmscript, translated by Donald Richie)
OZU YASUJIRO
Tokyo Story	189	(49)
(A filmscript, translated by Donald Richie and Eric Klestadt)
TAKEDA TAIJUN
To Build a Bridge	238	(9)
(A story, translated by Edward Seidensticker)
KURAHASHI YUMIKO
To Die at the Estuary	247	(35)
(A story, translated by Dennis Keene)
MISHIMA YUKIO
The Boy Who Wrote Poetry	282	(10)
(A story, translated by Ian H. Levy)
KAWABATA YASUNARI
Seven Very Short Stories	292	(18)
(Stories, translated by Edward Seidensticker)
KANEKO MITSUHARU
Three Poems	310	(8)
(Translated by Howard Hibbett and lames R. Morita)
SEKINE HIROSHI
Three Poems	318	(17)
(Translated by Christopher Drake)
TAMURA RYUICHI
Two Poems	335	(3)
(Translated by Christopher Drake)
YOSHIOKA MINORU
Four Poems	338	(4)
(Translated by Hiroaki Sato)
KANAI MIEKO
Poem	342	(2)
(Translated by Christopher Drake)
ABE AKIRA
Peaches	344	(10)
(A story, translated by Jay Rubin)
TANIZAKI JUNICHIRO
The Bridge of Dreams	354	(35)
(A story, translated by Howard Hibbett)
NAGAI TATSUO
Brief Encounter	389	(11)
(A story, translated by Edward Seidensticker)
YOSHIYUKI JUNNOSUKE
In Akiko's Room	400	(12)
(A story, translated by Howard Hibbett)
OE KENZABURO
Aghwee the Sky Monster	412	(23)
(A story, translated by John Nathan)
NOSAKA AKIYUKI
American Hijiki	435
(A story, translated by Jay Rubin)