Translation of "anthology to span the whole of Japan's modern era."
Sansho the Steward / Mori Ogai -- The third night / Natsume Soseki -- The bonfire / Kunikida Doppo -- Separate ways / Higuchi Ichiyo -- The peony garden / Nagai Kafu -- Night fires / Shiga Naoya -- Aguri / Tanizaki Junichiro -- Blowfish / Satomi Ton -- Portrait of an old geisha / Okamoto Kanoko -- In a grove / Akutagawa Ryunosuke -- The bears of Nametoko / Miyazawa Kenji -- Spring riding in a carriage / Yokomitsu Riichi -- Carp / Ibuse Masuji -- The Izu dancer / Kawabata Yasunari -- Lemon / Kajii Motojiro -- The accordion and the fish town / Hayashi Fumiko -- The flower-eating crone / Enchi Fumiko --Blind Chinese soldiers / Hirabayashi Taiko -- In the forest, under cherries in full bloom / Sakaguchi Ango -- Passage in Fudaraku / Inoue Yasushi -- Merry Christmas / Dazai Osamu -- The expert / Nakajima Atsushi -- The rifle / Kojima Nobuo -- Unzen / Endo Shusaku -- The bet / Abe Kobo -- Three policemen / Yoshiyuki Junnosuke -- Onnagata / Mishima Yukio -- Toddler-hunting / Kono Taeko -- Mr. Carp / Mukoda Kuniko -- The duel / Kaiko Takeshi -- Prize stock / Oe Kenzaburo -- A very strange, enchanted boy / Tsushima Yuko -- The elephant vanishes / Murakami Haruki -- Desert dolphin / Shimada Masahiko -- Dreaming of Kimchee / Yoshimoto banana