Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll

Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll

Authors	Translated and edited by Lawrence Rogers
Cover artist	Frances Baca
Language	English
Published	2002 (University of California Press)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	267 pp
ISBN	0520-21788-8

Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll is an anthology of Japanese short stories set in Tokyo.[1] The translator and editor Lawrence Rogers won the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature from the Donald Keene Center of Japanese culture in 2004 for his work on this book.[2][3] The stories are ordered by the areas of Tokyo in which they take place.

Contents

Central Tokyo

• "Mire" by Motojirō Kajii
• "Terrifying Tokyo" by Kyūsaku Yumeno
• "The Image" by Rintaro Takeda
• "Fountains in the Rain" by Yukio Mishima
• "Meeting Again" by Kuniko Mukōda
• "Jacob's Tokyo Ladder" by Keizo Hino

Shitamachi

• "The Death Register" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
• "Kid Ume, the Silver Cat" by Yasunari Kawabata
• "The First Day of the Fair" by Rintaro Takeda
• "Elegy" by Ineko Sata
• "The Old Part of Town" by Fumiko Hayashi
• "Fireworks" by Yukio Mishima
• "Azuma Bridge" by Kafū Nagai
• "An Unclaimed Body" by Michiko Ikeda

West of the Palace

• "From Behind the Study Door" by Natsume Sōseki
• "Firefly Tavern by Kazuko Saegusa
• "Swallows" by Takehiro Irokawa

The South End

• "Morning Comes Twice A Day" by Mayumi Inaba

References

1. Richie, Donald On the streets of our town August 25, 2002 Japan Times Retrieved September 9, 2015
2. Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture - Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature Retrieved September 9, 2015
3. University of Hawaii - Lawrence Rogers Faculty Information Retrieved September 9, 2015