Seeking New Values in an Age of Growth: Japanese Books from 1955 to 1964

A Japanese edition of Kinkakuji (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion) by Mishima Yukio. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Taiyō no kisetsu (Season of Violence), a collection including the title story by Ishihara Shintarō. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Warera no jidai by Ōe Kenzaburō. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Suna no onna (The Woman in the Dunes) by Abe Kōbō. (© Shinchōsha)

A Japanese edition of Ten to sen (Tokyo Express) by Matsumoto Seichō. (© Shinchōsha)