A Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese

Contents Translator's Preface SHIGA NAOYA [1883–1971] Infatuation A Gray Moon At Kinosaki The Razor OZAKI SHIRO [1897–1964] The Wagtail's Nest River Deer YASUNARI KAWABATA [1899–1972] The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket The Silverberry Thief The Young Lady of Suruga SHIMAKI KENSAKU [1903–1945] The Red Frog The Centipede The Black Cat The Wasps HAYASHI FUMIKO [1904–1951] A Late Chrysanthemum DAZAI OSAMU [1909–1948] Memories A Golden Picture The Garden Lantern Chiyojo KOBO ABE [1924– ] The Red Cocoon The Flood The Stick Notes on the Authors