![]() ![]() In Light of Shadows masterfully conveys the magical allusiveness and elliptical style of this extraordinary writer, who Mishima Yukio called "the only genius of modern Japanese letters. Japanese gothic tales by Izumi, Kyka, 1996, University of Hawai ì Press edition, in English Japanese gothic tales (1996 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. Underscoring Kyôka's relevance for a contemporary international audience, Inouye adjusts Tanizaki Jun'ichirô's evaluation of Kyôka as the most Japanese of authors by demonstrating how the writer's paradigm of the suffering heroine can be linked to his exposure to Christianity, to a beautiful American woman, and to the aesthetic of blood sacrifice. This historical and cultural specificity is no doubt one reason why Japanese critics avoid characterizing a writer like Izumi Kyka as a Gothic novel- ist. Title: Japanese Gothic Tales Author: Izumi, Kyoka/ Inouye, Charles Shiro (TRN)/. ![]() ![]() Translator Charles Inouye places Kyôka's "literature of shadows" (kage no bungaku) within a worldwide gothic tradition even as he refines its Japanese context. Book annotation not available for this title. It includes the famous novella Uta andon (A story by lantern light), the bizarre, antipsychological story "Mayu kakushi no rei" (A quiet obsession), and Kyôka's hauntingly erotic final work, "Rukôshinsô" (The heartvine), as well as critical discussions of each of these three tales. In Light of Shadows is the long-awaited second volume of short fiction by the Meiji-Taishô writer Izumi Kyôka. ![]()
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