Lake Kawaguchi and Other Prose and Poems

A mist-covered lake, a family bookshelf, a café dream and a statesman's memorandum meet in this anthology of twenty-four complete short works.

Itō Sachio's lyrical travel narrative "Lake Kawaguchi" gives the collection its title. Around it stand Uchida Roan's polemic on reading at home, poems by the young symbolist Tominaga Tarō (some written in French), and a formal memorandum on public affairs by Fukuzawa Yukichi.

A new English translation from the Japanese. AI-assisted translation, prepared and edited by Valentin Sarić.