A Boy’s Sorrow and Other Stories

A boy crosses a moonlit harbour and meets a sorrow he will remember all his life. An old traveller finds a little warmth at a fire left on a winter beach. In Tokyo, lovers vanish into shadow, festival crowds chase rumours, and a drinker clings to the newspaper extras of a finished war. Six complete works by Kunikida Doppo (1871-1908), with tenderness, irony and a sharp eye for ordinary life.

A Boy's Sorrow, The Bonfire, Akasaka at Night, Extra Edition, The Idler's Apprentice and From Yugawara: each translated complete from the Japanese, with a translator's note, 42 endnotes and source information. AI-assisted translation.