Okamoto Kanoko - Selected Works

Selected Works

  • Tsuru ha Yamiki (The Dying Crane) (1936)
  • Minatsu no Yoru no Yume (A Midsummer Night's Dream) (1937)
  • Hahako Jojō (The Relationship between Mother and Child) (1937)
  • Kingyo Ryōran (A Riot of Goldfish) (1937)
  • Rogishō (Portrait of an Old Geisha) (1938)
  • Kawa Akari (Stream of Light) (1938)
  • Maru no Uchikuchihanashi (Story of Inside the Grass Circle) (1939)
  • Kigi Ryuuten (Lively Ebb and Flow) (1940)
  • Nyotai Hiraken (The Opening of the Female Body) (1943)


English Translations:

A Riot of Goldfish . Translated by J. Keith Vincent. London, Hesperus Press (2010). (Also includes "The Food Demon" )

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