Master Tomioka and Other Stories

A proud teacher, two working women, and the remembered companions of youth reveal the tenderness and injuries of ordinary life. Five complete works by Kunikida Doppo culminate in a wry, rain-soaked journey to Yugawara.

A proud country teacher rages against the men who have risen above him, while his daughter’s future hangs in the balance. Two young telephone operators find friendship in a cramped Tokyo attic. A teacher remembers a boy among the ruins of a castle; former students remember the companions who vanished from their lives.

First published between 1898 and 1907, these five works reveal Kunikida Doppo’s range: sharp social comedy, tenderness toward ordinary lives, troubled reflection, and a sick traveler’s surprisingly funny impatience with silence.

This new collection contains Master Tomioka, A Bird of Spring, Two Young Women, Those Days, and Journey to Yugawara. All five are translated directly from Japanese and presented complete and unabridged, with a translator’s note, brief endnotes, and source information.

English-language digital edition. Translated by Valentin Sarić.

You receive: a 86-page PDF.

Digital download only. No physical book is shipped.