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This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders; and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid "loves" of the women who sit on his handiwork. Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century. Mystery stories include: ●The Human Chair ●The Caterpillar ●Two Crippled Men ●The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture 江戸川乱歩短編集 [英文版] 『芋虫』 、『人間椅子』、『鏡地獄』など、半世紀以上に渡り日本の読者を魅了してきた血も凍るような傑作9篇を収録。西洋特有の早いテンポと東洋ならではのファンタジーが織り交ぜられた乱歩のミステリーを英語でお楽しみください。
This collection of fifteen chilling tales brings to life a world where the supernatural and earthly realms are seamlessly entwined. The ghosts, goblins and magical creatures in its pages are by turns mischievous, terrifying, protective and tender. Included in this anthology are: ●"The Badger Haunted Temple": A brazen group of friends attempts to rid a temple of a gluttonous, shape-shifting goblin who has taken up residence there ●"A Cherry Flower Idyll": A young man falls in love with the ethereal spirit of a cherry blossom tree and vows to find her in the mortal world ●"The Story of Mimi Nashi Hoichi": A blind bard is summoned to recite the tale of a famous battle to the ghosts of its victims, only to find that his own life is at risk And twelve other supernatural tales, including several that rarely appear in English! Passed down through generations, these classic tales are beautifully retold by Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, two great interpreters of Japanese folk traditions. This volume features a deluxe hardcover binding and sixteen all new, full-color illustrations by contemporary Japanese yokai artist Sakyu. It will be treasured by fans of yokai and Japanese culture, as well as anyone who enjoys a good ghost story. 日本の怪奇物語集
Best-known for his novels No Longer Human and The Setting Sun, Dazai was also an acclaimed writer of short stories, experimenting with a wide variety of styles and bringing to each work a sophisticated sense of humor, a broad empathy for the human condition and a tremendous literary talent. The twenty stories in this collection include: ●Memories - An autobiographical tale in which Dazai relates episodes from his own childhood and adolescence, showing his relationship with his family and his tendency towards introspection and self-dramatization ●On the Question of Apparel - A comic tour-de-force in which Dazai examines the hold that fashion has over him and how it relates to his own pathetic self-image ●A Poor Man's Got His Pride - A retelling of a story by 18th-century master of burlesque fiction Ihara Saikaku, about a fallen samurai who lives in poverty ●The Sound of Hammering - A love story set against the backdrop of the rebuilding of Tokyo after the city was totally destroyed during World War Two And sixteen other stories! By turns hilarious, ironic, introspective, mystical and sarcastic, these stories present a fully rounded portrait of a talented writer who tried several times to take his own life and ultimately succeeded.
In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories-including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This edition includes a new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster which explains the book's importance as a Japanese cultural and literary classic. The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore-the spirits of the dead and the spirits of the living. In Ghostly Japan examines both and, in the process, offers a fascinating window into Japan's supernatural and spiritual world. The 14 stories include: ●"Fragment"-A young pilgrim encounters a mountain of skulls and is shown a terrible truth ●"Ingwa-banashi"-On her deathbed, a dying wife bequeaths to her young rival a sinister and horrific gift ●"A Passional Karma"-A spectral beauty transcends death to return for her handsome samurai lover ●"Story of a Tengu"-A priest saves the life of a Yokai monk and is granted a wish, but the outcome is not as expected 霊の日本 再話作家の第一人者であるハーンが日本の霊を描く14編をまとめた短編集。「振袖」、「焼津にて」、「悪因縁」など、伝説からエッセイまで幅広く扱った本書は、霊やご先祖様と交わる古き良き日本を垣間見ることができます。また、ハーンは作品において、ただの「おばけ」ではない“日本の八百万の神々と源を同じくしている物の怪”と“失われた日本の姿”の存在を伝えています。日本の文化や文学における本作品の重要性を解説した新しい序文も必見です。
Discover the tranquil wisdom of Chomei's 13th-century masterpiece, Hojoki, as it unveils the beauty of imperfection and the serenity of a simple life amidst the chaos of existence. Hojoki is an introspective poem written in the 13th century by the enigmatic Japanese hermit Kamo no Chomei, who as a young man served in the capital as official court poet but later in life withdrew from society. Composed in a time of devastating fires, floods, earthquakes, droughts and famines, Chomei's masterpiece reflects on the impermanence of things, expressing life's mysterious beauty and the profound wisdom to be found in nature. Chomei paints a vivid picture of the chaos and suffering of the human condition. Amidst this turmoil, he discovers an oasis of calm in a simple mountain hut, where he contemplates the virtues of nature and the wabi sabi beauty of imperfection in all things. 方丈記（英文版） 鎌倉時代前期の1212年に鴨長明によって書かれた名随筆『方丈記』の英訳版。前近代の日本都市史が専門の史学博士、マシュー・スタブロスによる新訳でお届けいたします。繰り返される政変と大火、洪水、地震、干ばつ、飢饉が頻発した不安定な時代に書かれた長明の傑作は、仏教的な無常観を映し出し、人の世の儚さを綴ります。五つの災厄と長明自身の苦悩、そして出家後、方丈庵での隠遁生活までを辿る方丈記は、混沌とした世の中で、不完全であることの美しさと、シンプルな生活の静けさを解き明かします。また本書には方丈記が書かれた時代背景や随筆にみられる文脈的な詳細や文学的引用、そして他著作の影響などを明らかにする学術的な注釈や地図も含まれています。さらに、日本文学研究家レジナルド・ジャクソンの静謐な写真とアートワーク付きで、方丈記の内省的な世界観を深く味わうことができます。
川端康成の長編小説『古都』英文版。Ｔｈｅ Ｏｌｄ Ｃａｐｉｔａｌ ｉｓ ｏｆ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｗｏｒｋｓ ｆｏｒ ｗｈｉｃｈ Ｙａｓｕｎａｒｉ Ｋａｗａｂａｔａ ｗｏｎ ｔｈｅ Ｎｏｂｅｌ Ｐｒｉｚｅ ｆｏｒ Ｌｉｔｅｒａｔｕｒｅ．Ｓｅｔ ｉｎ Ｋｙｏｔｏ-ｔｈｅ ｏｌｄ ｃａｐｉｔａｌ ｏｆ Ｊａｐａｎ ｆｏｒ ａ ｔｈｏｕｓａｎｄ ｙｅａｒｓ-ｔｈｉｓ ｌｙｒｉｃ ｎｏｖｅｌ ｔｒａｃｅｓ ｔｈｅ ｌｉｆｅ ｏｆ Ｃｈｉｅｋｏ，ｔｈｅ ｂｅｌｏｖｅｄ ａｄｏｐｔｅｄ ｄａｕｇｈｔｅｒ ｏｆ ａ ｋｉｍｏｎｏ ｄｅｓｉｇｎｅｒ ａｎｄ ｈｉｓ ｗｉｆｅ．Ｂｅｌｉｅｖｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｓｈｅ ｈａｄ ｂｅｎ ｋｉｄｎａｐｐｅｄ ｂｙ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｕｐｌｅ ａｓ ａ ｂａｂｙ，Ｃｈｉｅｋｏ ｌｅａｒｎｓ ｏｎｅ ｄａｙ ｔｈａｔ ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ａ ｆｏｕｎｄｌｉｎｇ，ｌｅｆｔ ａｂａｎｄｏｎｅｄ ｏｎ ａ ｄｏｏｒｓｔｅｐ．Ｈａｐｐｙ ｗｉｔｈ ｈｅｒ ａｄｏｐｔｅｄ ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ，ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ，ｈｅｒ ｓｅｃｕｒｉｔｙ ａｎｄ ｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｍｅｎｔ ｒｅｍａｉｎ ｕｎｄｉｓｔｕｒｂｅｄ ｕｎｔｉｌ ａｎ ａｎｓｗｅｒｅｄ ｐｒａｙｅｒ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｆａｍｏｕｓ Ｙａｓａｋａ Ｓｈｒｉｎｅ ｄｒａｍａｔｉｃａｌｌｙ ａｌｔｅｒｓ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｕｒｓｅ ｏｆ ｈｅｒ ｌｉｆｅ．
Ｔｈｅ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｂｅｇｉｎｓ ｉｎ １７０１ ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｎｏｂｌｅ Ｌｏｒｄ Ａｓａｎｏ ａｔｔａｃｋｓ ａｎ ｏｆｆｉｃｉａｌ ａｔ ｃｏｕｒｔ．Ｈｉｓ ｐｕｎｉｓｈｍｅｎｔ ｉｓ ｓｗｉｆｔ ａｎｄ ｈａｒｓｈ-ｔｈｅ Ｅｍｐｅｒｏｒ ｏｒｄｅｒｓ Ｌｏｒｄ Ａｓａｎｏ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｍｉｔ ｒｉｔｕａｌ ｓｕｉｃｉｄｅ（ｈａｒｉｋｉｒｉ）．Ｈｉｓ ｌａｎｄｓ ａｒｅ ｃｏｎｆｉｓｃａｔｅｄ，ｈｉｓ ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｅｘｉｌｅｄ，ａｎｄ ｈｉｓ Ｓａｍｕｒａｉ ｗａｒｒｉｏｒ ｂｒｉｇａｄｅ ｉｓ ｄｉｓｂａｎｄｅｄ-ｂｅｃｏｍｉｎｇ Ｒｏｎｉｎ ｏｒ ｍａｓｔｅｒｌｅｓｓ，ｗａｎｄｅｒｉｎｇ ｒｅｎｅｇａｄｅｓ．Ｗｈｉｌｅ ａｐｐｅａｒｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｆｏｌｌｏｗ ｔｈｅ Ｅｍｐｅｒｏｒ’ｓ ｉｎｓｔｒｕｃｔｉｏｎｓ，ｔｈｅ ４７ Ｒｏｎｉｎ ｐｌｏｔ ｉｎ ｓｅｃｒｅｔ ｆｏｒ ｍａｎｙ ｙｅａｒｓ，ｂｉｄｉｎｇ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｔｉｍｅ ｕｎｔｉｌ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｍｅｎｔ ｔｏ ｓｔｒｉｋｅ ｉｓ ｒｉｇｈｔ．Ｌｉｋｅ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｋｎｉｇｈｔｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｒｏｕｎｄ Ｔａｂｌｅ，ｔｈｅ Ｒｏｎｉｎ’ｓ ｄｅｅｄｓ ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ ｌｅｇｅｎｄａｒｙ ｅｘａｍｐｌｅｓ ｏｆ ｃｏｕｒａｇｅ，ｃｕｎｎｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｌｏｙａｌｔｙ ｉｎ ａ ｌａｎｄ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｔｈｅ Ｓａｍｕｒａｉ ａｒｅ ｔｒｕｅ ｈｅｒｏｅｓ ａｎｄ ｈｏｎｏｒ ｉｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｗｏｒｔｈ ｄｙｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ．Ｊｏｈｎ Ａｌｌｙｎ’ｓ ｖｉｖｉｄ ｒｅｔｅｌｌｉｎｇ，ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｆｏｒｅｗｏｒｄ ｂｙ ｓｃｈｏｌａｒ， Ｓｔｅｐｈｅｎ Ｔｕｒｎｂｕｌｌ，ｐｒｅｓｅｎｔｓ ｔｈｉｓ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｅｐｉｃ ｉｎ ｉｔｓ ｆｕｌｌ ｈｉｓｔｏｒｉｃａｌ ｃｏｎｔｅｘｔ．
The Temple of Golden Pavilion reflects Mishima's preoccupations with beauty and death in a clear and unmistakable manner. It is also an excellent example of a theme that frequently arises in Mishima's work: the resentment of the object of desire. Because this novel, arguably Mishima's best, reflects the author's suicidal tendencies, it also offers us insight into one of the twentieth century'S greatest and most complex literary icons. 三島由紀夫『金閣寺』 英文版 近代日本文学の金字塔ともいえる三島の最高傑作『金閣寺』の英訳版。1956年に出版されベストセラーとなった本書は1959年にイヴァン・モリスによって翻訳され、欧米世界でも広く読まれてきました。1950年に実際に起きた金閣寺放火事件を題材にした本書は「絶対的な美への嫉妬」が大きなテーマとなっています。光彩陸離たる金閣寺は美の象徴であり、不朽の存在として主人公の精神を蝕み続け、終には放火という行為で自身の生を取り戻すストーリーは、太平洋戦争で敗れた日本の劣弱意識を克服し、高度経済成長期へと突入していく時代の予兆を秘めており、戦後日本を代表する文学として重要な位置を占める作品といえます。
