A Tokyo anthology : literature from Japan's modern metropolis, 1850-1920 / edited by Sumie Jones and Charles Shirō Inouye.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Jones, Sumie, editor.
• Inouye, Charles Shirō, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Japanese literature--Meiji period, 1868-1912--Translations into English.
• Japanese literature--Taishō period, 1912-1926--Translations into English.
• Japanese literature.
• Japanese literature--Meiji period.
• Japanese literature--Taishō period.

Genre:

• Translations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 507 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2017]

Contents:

• I Responses to the Age of Enlightenment 65
• Things Heard around a Pot of Beef, 1872 (Joel Cohn, Trans.) / Kanaqaki Robun Robun, Kanaqaki 67
• "Catfish, Prostitutes, and Politicians: Satirical Cartoons," 1874-1902 (Peter Duus and Charles Shiro Inouye, Trans.) 81
• Toad Ted Up with Modernity, 1874 (John Pierre Mertz. Trans.) / Mantei Oga Oga, Mantei 102
• Anonymous, "Monsters! Monsters! Read All about It!" 1875-1886 (Matthew Fraleich, Trans.) 109
• II Crime and Punishment, Edo and Tokyo 131
• The Had Girl Prefers Black and Yellow Plaid, performed 1873 (Sumie Jones, Trans.) / Shunkintei Ryuo Ryuo, Shunkintei 133
• Takahashi Oden, Devil Woman, 1879 (Sumie Jones, Trans.) / Kanagaki Robun Robun, Kanagaki 155
• Rat Boy, 1913 (J. Scott Miller, Trans.) / Shorin Hakuen Hakuen, Shorin 195
• "Wedlock," 1890, and "Electricity," 1890 (J. Scott Miller, Trans.) / Kuroiwa Ruiko Ruiko, Kuroiwa 209
• III The High and Low of Capitalism 231
• Money Is All That Matters in This World, 1879 (Alan Cummings, Trans.) / Kawatake Mokuami Mokuami, Kawatake 233
• "Oppekepe Rap," 1889 (Dylan McGee, Trans.) / Kawakami Otojiro Otojiro, Kawakami 247
• In Darkest Tokyo, 1892-1893 (Charles Shiro Inouye, Trans.) / Matsubara Iwagoro Iwagoro, Matsubara 253
• "The Jester" 1911 (Howard Hibbett, Trans.) / Tanizaki Jun'Ichiro Jun'Ichiro, Tanizaki 268
• IV Modernity and Individualism 281
• To My Fellow Sisters, 1884 (Rebecca Cope Land and Aiko Okamoto-Macphail, Trans.) / Nakajima Shoen Shoen, Nakajima 283
• "The Origins of My Colloquial Style," 1906, and "Confessions of Half a Lifetime" 1908 (Joel Cohn, Trans.) / Futabatel Shimei Shimei, Futabatel 298
• "The Impasse of Our Age" 1913 (James Dorsey, Trans.) / Ishikawa Takuboku Takuboku, Ishikawa 311
• V A Sense of the Real and Unreal 325
• "Raw Depiction," 1904, and "In the Next Room," 1907 (Joel Cohn, Trans.) / Tayama Katai Katai, Tayama 327
• "Messenger from the Sea," 1909 (Charles Shiro Inouye, TranS.) / Izumi Kyoka Kyoka, Izumi 344
• VI Romance and Eros 353
• "Pessimist Poets and Women," 1892 (Eiji Sekine, Trans.) / Kitamura Tokoku Tokoku, Kitamura 355
• The Cuckoo, 1898 (Ken K. Ito, Trans.) / Tokutomi Roka Roka, Tokutomi 363
• Tangled Hair, 1901 (Laurel R. Rodd, Trans.) / Yosano Akiko Akiko, Yosano 373
• At Yushima Shrine, 1907 (M. Cody Poulton, Trans.) / Izumi Kyoka Kyoka, Izumi 382
• VII The City Dreams of the Country 401
• A True View of Kasane Precipice, performed 1873 (Sumie Tones, Trans.) / San'Yutei Encho Encho, San'Yutei 403
• "A Woodcutter Falls in Love," 1889 (Matthew Koenigsberg, Trans.) / Ozaki Koyo Koyo, Ozaki 419
• "Maidens, Stars, and Dreams: Poems by Shimazaki Toson and Kanbara Ariake," 1897 and 1905 (Takashi Wakut, Trans.) 428
• VIII Inferiority and Exteriority 437
• "My Grandmother's Cottage," 1889 (Rebecca Copeland, Trans.) / Wakamatsu Shizuko Shizuko, Wakamatsu 439
• "Hilltop," 1905 (Stephen Snyder, Trans.) / Nagai Kafu Kafu, Nagai 443
• Short Pieces from Long Spring Days, 1909 (Anthony H. Chambers, Trans.) / Natsume Soseki Soseki, Natsume 455
• "RichBoy," 1913 (Charles Shiro Inouye, Trans.) / Iwano Homei Homei, Iwano 465.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780824855895
• 0824855892
• 9780824855901
• 0824855906

OCLC:

951753955