Book Subject Tag: Social life and customs
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The heart is alone; a selection of 20th century Japanese short stories.
Short stories.
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The paper door and other stories
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Dazai Osamu, selected stories and sketches
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The Showa anthology : modern Japanese short stories
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A Late chrysanthemum : twenty-one stories from the Japanese
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House of the sleeping beauties : and other stories
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Kabuki dancer
A fictionalized biography of Okuni, the 17th Century Japanese temple dancer who invented the Kabuki theatre. The novel chronicles her love life and the public’s reaction to her innovations, such as cross-dressing, reaction which tended to vary with the political climate of the day.
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The voice and other stories
Short stories.
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Palm-of-the-hand stories
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What the maid saw : eight psychic tales