Friday, September 06, 2024

Akutagawa, Rashōmon and Other Stories (2018)

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Rashōmon and Other Stories.
Translated by Takashi Kojima.
Forward by Seiji Lippit.
Introduction by Howard Hibbett.
Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; and Singapore: Tuttle Publishing [Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.], 2018.
(This collection of translations was also published in 1952 by Liveright Publishing Corporation and reprinted in 1999 under the Liveright imprint by W.W. Norton & Company.)

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Notes:

The Tuttle Publishing (and Liveright/Norton) edition of Rashōmon and Other Stories contains only six stories. In contrast, the collection of Akutagawa stories first published by Penguin in 2006 (and reprinted in Penguin "Deluxe" and "Vitae" editions) has eighteen stories. On the basis of numbers alone, in hindsight I would have rather purchased one of the Penguin edition first (although Tuttle generally uses higher quality paper and binding than Penguin).
  • Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories. Translated by Jay Rubin. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin Books, 2006.
    [Publisher; Amazon.com.]

Tuttle recently published a Manga version of these stories:
  • Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Akutagawa's Rashomon and Other Stories: The Manga Edition. Adapted by mkdeville. Illustrated by Philippe Nicloux. Tokyo; Rutland, Vermont; and Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, 2024.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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