Writing in the Shadow of Oppression: Japanese Books from 1926 to 1944

A Japanese edition of “Izu no odoriko” (“The Izu Dancer”) by Kawabata Yasunari. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Yukiguni (Snow Country) by Kawabata Yasunari. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Kanikōsen (The Crab Cannery Ship) by Kobayashi Takiji. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Kaijin nijū mensō (The Fiend with Twenty Faces) by Edogawa Ranpo. (© Poplar)

A Japanese edition including Mugi to heitai (Barley and Soldiers) by Hino Ashihei. (© Kadokawa)

A Japanese edition of Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters) by Tanizaki Jun’ichirō. (© Shinchōsha)