in her memory. Themes and legacy Many of Hayashi's stories revolve around free spirited women and troubled relationships. Joan E. Ericson's 1997 translations and analysis of the immensely popular Diary of a Vagabond and Narcissus suggest that Hayashi's appeal is rooted in the clarity with which she conveys the humanity not just of women, but also others on the underside of Japanese society. In addition, Ericson questions the factuality of her autobiographical writings and expresses a critical view of scholars who take these writings by word instead of, as has been done with male writers, seeing a literary imagination at work which transforms the personal experience, not simply mirrors it. In Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction, Noriko Mizuta Lippit and Kyoko Iriye Selden point out that, other than her autobiographical portrayals of women, Hayashi's later stories are "pure fiction finished with artistic mastery". Hayashi herself explained that she took this step to separate herself from the "retching confusion" of Diary of a Vagabond. One of her short stories, Tokio, was translated into Finnish and featured in a Finnish literary magazine, Parnasso, in 1959. Selected works 1929: I Saw a Pale Horse (Aouma o mitari) – poetry collection. Translated by Janice Brown. 1930: Diary of a Vagabond (Hōrōki) – novel. Translated by Joan E. Ericson. 1931: The Accordion and the Fish Town (Fukin to uo no machi) – short story. Translated by Janice Brown. 1933: Seihin no sho – short story 1934: Nakimushi kozo – novel 1936: Inazuma – novel 1947: Uzushio – novel 1947: Downfall (Rinraku) – short story. Translated by J.D. Wisgo. 1948: Downtown (Daun taun) – short story. Translated by Ivan Morris. 1948: Late Chrysanthemum (Bangiku) – short story. Translated twice by John Bester and Lane Dunlop. 1949: Shirosagi – short story 1949: Narcissus (Suisen) – short story. Translated twice by Kyoko Iriye Selden and Joan E. Ericson. 1950: Chairo no me – novel 1951: Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) – novel. Translated twice by Y. Koitabashi and Lane Dunlop. 1951: Meshi – novel (unfinished) Adaptations (selected) Numerous of Hayashi's works have been adapted into film: 1938: Nakimushi kozo, dir. Shirō Toyoda 1951: Repast (based on Meshi), dir. Mikio Naruse 1952: Lightning (based on Inazuma), dir. Mikio Naruse 1953: Wife (based on Chairo no me), dir. Mikio Naruse 1954: Late Chrysanthemums (also incorporating the short stories Narcissus and Shirosagi), dir. Mikio Naruse 1955: Floating Clouds, dir. Mikio Naruse