# Modern Japanese Stories

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Modern Japanese Stories
Edited with an Introduction by
Ivan Morris
Eyre & Spottiswoode·London
​To E.M. and I.V.M.
UNESCO collection of representative works, Japanese series. This book has been accepted in the Japanese Translations series of the UNESCO collection of representative work jointly sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO.
First published in this edition in 1961 by Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd 22 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, WC2 © 1961 by Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd Printed in Great Britain by Shenval Press Ltd, London, Hertford and Harlow Catalogue No. 6/4243
The Japanese calligraphy was drawn by Peter Lee, Assistant Professor of Japanese at Columbia University.
Contents
| Factual Notes | page | 007 |
| Introduction | | 009 |
| Mori Ōgai Under Reconstruction | | 037 |
| Tokuda Shūsei The Decoration | | 044 |
| Nagai Kafū Hydrangea | | 063 |
| Shiga Naoya The Artist | | 078 |
| Tanizaki Junichirō The Victim | | 084 |
| Kikuchi Kan On the Conduct of Lord Tadanao | | 093 |
| Satomi Ton The Camellia | | 133 |
| Murō Saisei Brother and Sister | | 137 |
| Satō Haruo The House of a Spanish Dog | | 155 |
| Akutagawa Ryūnosuké An Autumn Mountain | | 165 |
| Ogawa Mimei Wager in Mid-air | | 174 |
| Hayama Yoshiki Letter Found in a Cement Barrel | | 192 |
| Ibusé Masuji The Charcoal Bus | | 197 |
| Yokomitsu Riichi Machine | | 207 |
| Kawabata Yasunari The Moon on the Water | | 229 |
| Itō Einosuké The Song Bird | | 240 |
| Nagai Tatsuo Morning Mist | | 288 |
| Niwa Fumio The Hateful Age | | 306 ​ |
| Hayashi Fumiko Tokyo | | 336 |
| Hirabayashi Taiko A Man’s Life | | 351 |
| Sakaguchi Ango The Idiot | | 368 |
| Inoué Yasushi Shotgun | | 404 |
| Nakajima Ton The Wild Beast | | 442 |
| Dazai Osamu A Visitor | | 453 |
| Mishima Yukio The Priest of Shiga Temple and His Love | | 469 |
| Notes on Authors | | 487 |
| Selected Bibliography of Translations from the Japanese | Selected Bibliography of Translations from the Japanese | 518 |
| List of Stories Prepared by Respective Translators | List of Stories Prepared by Respective Translators | 526 |
| Index of Authors | | 528 |
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