火垂るの墓
The story was first published in Japan in , a monthly literature magazine published by Bungeishunjū, in October 1967. Nosaka won the Naoki Prize for best popular literature for this story and "American Hijiki", which was published a month before. Both short stories along with four others were bundled as a book in 1968, published by Shinchōsha (). "Grave of the Fireflies" was translated into English by James R. Abrams and published an issue of the "Japan Quarterly" in 1978. It was later adapted into the 1988 anime film "Grave of the Fireflies", directed by Isao Takahata. The film was released on April 16, 1988, over twenty years after the publication of the original work. It was adapted again into the live-action television film "Grave of the Fireflies" in 2005, and another live-action film in 2008.