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Japanese Short Stories in English

Original Maplopo Translations

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DAZAI Osamu

Read Dazai's beautiful 1938 vignette of 満願 in English.

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NAKAJIMA Atsushi

Read Nakajima's 1942 classic 名人伝 in English.

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SAKAGUCHI Ango

Read Sakaguchi's 1947 風と光と二十の私と in English.

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NATSUME Soseki

Read Chapter Six from Soseki's 1906 masterpiece, 坊っちゃん... in English.

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