title: Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy (Japan's Modern Writers)
author:  Osamu Dazai 
description: "A major addition to the work of a great modern writer."--Philadelphia Inquirer -- <i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i><br /><br />"A rare delight--stories in stylish prose that both entertain and move."--Kirkus Reviews -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />"Few writers are better at exposing human frailty. The translation ... does justice to Dazai's difficult style, alternately savage and sly."--New York Times -- <i>New York Times</i><br /><br />"Osamu Dazai was a wonderful storyteller whose tales are given a fresh breath of life in this new collection."--Booklist -- <i>Booklist</i><br /><br />"Succeeds where previous selections have failed in presenting Dazai at his engaging best... Delightfully funny."--Times Literary Supplement -- <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>
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  # Japanese Literature
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Epiphanius Wilson
  
  
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  * GENJI MONOGATARI
  
  
    * [INTRODUCTION. BY THE TRANSLATOR](jlit_split_2.html#1_1_1)
  
  
  * [GENJI MONOGATARI](jlit_split_2.html#1_2)
  
  
    * [CHAPTER I. THE CHAMBER OF KIRI[2]](jlit_split_3.html#1_2_1)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. THE BROOM-LIKE TREE](jlit_split_4.html#1_2_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. BEAUTIFUL CICADA](jlit_split_5.html#1_2_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. EVENING GLORY](jlit_split_6.html#1_2_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. YOUNG VIOLET](jlit_split_7.html#1_2_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. SAFFRON FLOWER](jlit_split_8.html#1_2_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. MAPLE FÊTE](jlit_split_9.html#1_2_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. FLOWER-FEAST](jlit_split_10.html#1_2_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. HOLLYHOCK](jlit_split_11.html#1_2_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. DIVINE TREE](jlit_split_12.html#1_2_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. VILLA OF FALLING FLOWERS](jlit_split_13.html#1_2_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII. EXILE AT SUMA](j