The Dancing Girl of Izu, and Other Stories

Translator's Introduction viii ONE The Dancing Girl of Izu 3 Diary of My Sixteenth Year 34 Oil 68 The Master of Funerals 77 Gathering Ashes 88 TWO Hurrah 97 The Princess of the Dragon Palace 100 The Money Road 103 Chastity under the Roof 109 The Moon 111 Enemy 114 A Woman 116 Frightening Love 119 Horse Beauty 121 The Sea 124 Hands 127 The Third-Class Waiting Room 132 The Watch 136 History 139 Birthplace 142 Burning the Pine Boughs 145 A Prayer in the Mother Tongue 152 The Setting Sun 160