Blue Bamboo Japanese Tales of Fantasy

Seven short stories by one of Japan's pre-eminent postwar writers and prose stylists. These imaginative stories are full of water spirits, ghosts, and a mixture of fantastic allegory and affecting romance.

Osamu Dazai (1909-48) is generally known for representing the dark years immediately following WWII. Shortly after finishing two of his greatest works, The Setting Sun and No Longer Human, he succeeded in his third attempt at suicide.
Ralph F. McCarthy is a writer, lyricist, and translator from Michigan and California. Among his translations are another collection of stories by Osamu Dazai, Self Portraits, and 69 by Ryu Murakami

Introduction

9

(15)

On Love and Beauty

15

(20)

Cherry Leaves and the Whistler

35

(10)

The Chrysanthemum Spirit

45

(16)

The Mermaid and the Samurai

61

(22)

Blue Bamboo

83

(20)

Romanesque

103

(30)

Lanterns of Romance

133

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Blue Bamboo Japanese Tales of Fantasy

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