Paulownia: Seven Stories from Contemporary Japanese Writers

About this film

LibriVox recording of Paulownia: Seven Stories from Contemporary Japanese Writers by Ōgai Mori; Tōson Shimazaki; Kafū Nagai. (Translated by Torao Taketomo.) Read in English by Availle. Paulownia is a collection of seven stories by three Japanese authors from the late 19th and early 20th century. Mori Ōgai (1862 - 1922) was an army surgeon who was sent to study in Germany, where he developed an interest in Western literature. His most famous work is The Wild Geese (Gan) . This collection contains his short stories Takase Bune , Hanako , and The Pier . Nagai Kafū (1879 - 1959) writings center mostly around the entertainment districts of Tokyo with their geisha and prostitutes. Here, his stories The bill-collecting and Ukiyo-e are presented. Shimazaki Tōson (1872 - 1943) was one of the representatives of Japanese naturalism, which we can see in his stories A Domestic Animal and Tsugaru Strait . Taketomo Torao (1891 - 1954), the editor and translator of this volume, translated many Western works into Japanese, for example the Rubayat, the Divine Comedy, and works by Shakespeare. He was also a writer in his own right. (Summary by Availle) For further information, including links to onli…

Directors & creators

Ōgai Mori; Tōson Shimazaki; Kafū Nagai; Torao Taketomo

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Japan; Japanese literature; early 20th century

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