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Resisting the various forms of realism popular during the Meiji ""enlightenment"", Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939) was among the most popular writers who continued to work in the old-fashioned genres of fantasy, mystery, and romance. Gothic Tales makes available for the first time a collection of stories by this highly influential writer.

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Inouye, the translator, well understands the Kyoka style and renders an English equivalent which has both its own logic and its own compulsion." —Japan Times

Table of Contents
The surgery room -- The holy man of Mount Kaoya -- One day in spring -- Osen and Saokichi.

Japanese Gothic Tales

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    A Paperback by Izumi Kyoka, Charles Shiro Inouye

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 6/30/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780824817893, 978-0824817893
      ISBN10: 0824817893

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Resisting the various forms of realism popular during the Meiji ""enlightenment"", Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939) was among the most popular writers who continued to work in the old-fashioned genres of fantasy, mystery, and romance. Gothic Tales makes available for the first time a collection of stories by this highly influential writer.

      Trade Review
      Inouye, the translator, well understands the Kyoka style and renders an English equivalent which has both its own logic and its own compulsion." —Japan Times

      Table of Contents
      The surgery room -- The holy man of Mount Kaoya -- One day in spring -- Osen and Saokichi.

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