A young woman removes her right arm and gives it to a man (the protagonist) to keep for the night. The story follows his thoughts and actions as he takes it home. He talks to and caresses it, and then decides to replace his own arm with it. The "relationship" the man has with the severed arm serves as a portal into the landscape of memory and emotions.
Translations
The story was first translated into English as One Arm by Edward Seidensticker and published in Japan Quarterly in 1967.[3]