The Mystery of Mount Tanna and Other Tales

An inspector’s first journey into a mountain district brings an uninvited stranger, a recurring dream, and a voice that seems to rise from a rock. In the tales that follow, a claim of noble parentage turns hospitality into intrigue, a painter’s fascination draws him into an isolated valley’s secret customs, and three men with extraordinary night vision search for an attacker at a festival conducted in total darkness.

Emi Suiin combines theatrical adventure, historical settings, and an eye for the uncomfortable motives beneath apparent duty or generosity. Officials, innkeepers, performers, thieves, and ascetics all find their confidence tested. The stories shift between ghostly suggestion and human schemes, keeping their sharp reversals and unresolved mysteries.

This complete new English translation brings together four supplied tales in their original order, with concise notes on period customs, names, and textual irregularities. It preserves their troubling judgments and startling conclusions as well as their lively dialogue and suspense. AI-assisted translation.