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Exotic Japanese stories, the beautiful and the grotesque; 16 unusual tales and unforgettable images

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.