Dunlop, trans, A Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese (1986)

A Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese.
Translated by Lane Dunlop.
Etchings by Tanaka Ryohei.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986.

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Another edition of this book was published by Tuttle in 1988.
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Translator Information : Lane Dunlop

• Lane Dunlop, American Translator, 1937–2013, The Arts of Japan.
• Lane Dunlop, GoodReads.com.
• In Remembrance: Charles Lane Dunlop ’58, died 31 August 2013, Yale Alumni Magazine.
• Dunlop, Charles Lane, The New York Times, 22 September 2013.
• Volumes of translations by Lane Dunlop of single Japanese authors (Shiga Naoya, Kawabata Yasunari, Hayashi Fumiko) are noted separately below.
• The Best Japanese Short Stories: Works by 14 Modern Masters: Kawabata, Akutagawa and More. Translated by Lane Dunlop. Tuttle Publishing, 2023.
  [Previously published under the title Autumn Wind and Other Stories, Tuttle Publishing, 1994, 2007.]
  [Publisher Autumn Wind; Publisher The Best Japanese Short Stories; Google Books Autumn Wind; Google Books The Best Japanese Short Stories; GoodReads.com Autumn Wind; GoodReads.com The Best Japanese Short Stories; Amazon.com Autumn Wind; Amazon.com The Best Japanese Short Stories.]

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Some More Recently Published (and currently in-print) Anthologies of Japanese Short Stories:

• The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories. Edited by Theodore W. Goossen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, 2010.
  [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
  My post for The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories is here.
• The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories. Edited by Jay Rubin. Book Series: Penguin Classics. New York: Penguin Books, 2018.
  [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]

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Wikipedia Articles : Japanese Literature

• Japanese literature: Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa-period literature (1868–1945), Wikipedia English.
• Japanese literature: Postwar literature (1945–onwards), Wikipedia English.
• 日本の近現代文学史#大正時代の文学 [History of modern Japanese literature: Literature of the Taisho Period], Wikipedia Japan.
• 日本の近現代文学史#戦前昭和時代の文学 [History of modern Japanese literature: Prewar Showa period literature], Wikipedia Japan.
• 日本の近現代文学史#現代文学（戦後の文学） [History of modern Japanese literature: Contemporary Literature (Postwar Literature)], Wikipedia Japan.

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Contents of A Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese:

1. Shiga Naoya, 志賀直哉 (1883–1971).
   1. Infatuation.
   2. A Gray Moon [灰色の月 (1946)].
   3. At Kinosaki [城の崎にて (1917)].
   4. The Razor [Kamisori (1910)].
   ~~~~~ Shiga Naoya, short story collections and other works in English ~~~~~
   • Shiga Naoya. The Paper Door and Other Stories. Translated by Lane Dunlop. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987; New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
     [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon, 1987; Amazon, 2001.]
   • The short story "Night Fires" (aka "Bonfire") (1920) appears in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997, 2010).
   • Shiga Naoya. Reconciliation [和解 (1917)]. Translated by Ted Goossen. Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2020.
     [Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; GoodReads.com; GoodReads.com second entry for same book; Amazon.com.]
   • Shiga Naoya. A Dark Night's Passing [暗夜行路 (1921-1937)]. Translated by Edwin McClellan. Kodansha, 1976, 1993.
     [Google Books; Wikipedia Japan; Wikipedia English; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com 1976; Amazon.com 1993.]
2. Ozaki Shiro, 尾崎 士郎 (1898–1964).
   1. The Wagtail's Nest.
   2. River Deer.
3. Kawabata Yasunari, 川端 康成 (1899–1972).
   1. The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket (1924); also appears in Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (2006).
   2. The Silverberry Thief (1925); also appears in Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (2006).
   3. The Young Lady of Suruga (1927); also appears in Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (2006).
   ~~~~~ Kawabata Yasunari, short story collections in English ~~~~~
   • Kawabata Yasunari. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories. Translated by Lane Dunlop and J. Martin Holman. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988; New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan), 2006.
     [Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • Kawabata Yasunari. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories. Translated by J. Martin Holman. Berkeley, California: Counterpoint Press, 1997.
     [Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • The short story "The Dancing Girl of Izu" [伊豆の踊子 (1926)] appears in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997, 2010) as "The Izu Dancer".
   • The short story "The Silver Fifty-Sen Pieces" (1946) appears in The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (2018) and Palm-of-the-Hand Stories (2006).
4. Shimaki Kensaku, 島木 健作 (1903–1945).
   1. The Red Frog (1946).
   2. The Centipede.
   3. The Black Cat (1945).
   4. The Wasps.
5. Hayashi Fumiko, 林 芙美子 (1903–1951).
   1. A Late Chrysanthemum [晩菊 (1948)].
   ~~~~~ Hayashi Fumiko, other works in English ~~~~~
   • The short story "The Accordion and the Fish Town" [風琴と魚の町 (1931)] appears in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997, 2010).
   • Hayashi Fumiko. "I Saw A Pale Horse" and Selected Poems from "Diary of a Vagabond". Translated by Janice Brown. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997, 2010, 2011.
     [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • Hayashi Fumiko. Floating Clouds [浮雲 (1951)]. Translated by Lane Dunlop. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
     [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • Series of translations by J. D. Wisgo:
     1. Hayashi Fumiko. Downfall and Other Stories (Hayashi Fumiko Book 1). Translated by J. D. Wisgo. Arigatai Books, 2020.
        [Publisher; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
     2. Hayashi Fumiko. Days and Nights (Hayashi Fumiko Book 2). Translated by J. D. Wisgo. Arigatai Books, 2021.
        [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
     3. Hayashi Fumiko. The Accordion and the Fish Town (Hayashi Fumiko Book 3). Translated by J. D. Wisgo. Arigatai Books, 2024.
        [Publisher; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
6. Dazai Osamu, 太宰 治 (1909–1948).
   1. Memories (1940).
   2. A Golden Picture.
   3. The Garden Lantern.
   4. Chiyojo [千代女 (1941)]; also in No One Knows (2025).
   ~~~~~ Dazai Osamu, some recent short story collections in English ~~~~~
   • Dazai Osamu. Early Light. Translated by Donald Keene and Ralph McCarthy. New York: New Directions, 2022.
     [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • Dazai Osamu. Self-Portraits: Stories. Translated by Ralph McCarthy. Kodansha, 1991; New York: New Directions, 2024.
     [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • Dazai Osamu. No One Knows. Translated by Ralph McCarthy. New York: New Directions, 2025.
     [Publisher; Google Books; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]
   • The short story "Merry Christmas" [メリイクリスマス (1947)] appears in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997, 2010) and also Self-Portraits: Stories (2024).
7. Abe Kōbō, 安部 公房 (1924–1993).
   1. The Red Cocoon [赤い繭 (1951)].
   2. The Flood [洪水 (1951)].
   3. The Stick [棒 (1955)].
   ~~~~~ Abe Kōbō, short story collections in English ~~~~~
   • The short story "The Bet" (1960) appears in The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997, 2010).
   • Abe Kōbō. Beyond the Curve. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Kodansha International, 1991.
     [Google Books; Wikipedia; GoodReads.com; Amazon.com.]

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