| notes: | Contents: A sprig of wild orange (introduction), The robbers (“Chuto”), The dog, Shiro, The handkerchief (“Hankechi”), The dolls (“Hina”), Gratitude (“Hoonki”), The faith of Wei Sheng (“Bisei no shin”), The lady, Roku-no-miya (“Rokunomiya no himegime”), The kappa, Saigo Takamori, The greeting (“Ojigi”), Withered fields (“Kareno-sho”), Absorbed in letters (“Gesaku zanmai”), The garden (“Niwa”), The badger (“Mujina”), Heresy (“Jashumon”), A woman’s body. 22 collage illustrations in color and black & white by Masakazu Kuwata. |
| subjects: | Social life and customs |
| genre: | Fiction |
| OCLC number: | 279720 |
| publisher: | Liveright Pub. Corp. |
| publication place: | New York |
| english publication date: | 1964 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 431 p. illus. (part col.) 22 cm. |
Exotic Japanese stories, the beautiful and the grotesque; 16 unusual tales and unforgettable images
Translated by Takashi Kojima, John McVittie