A collection of short stories telling the tales of peasant farmers in rural pre-modern Japan, and the lives they live.

Collection of short stories including: • Nejishiki A man gets bitten on the arm by a jelly fish on a village beach foreign to him. He sets off desperately searching for a doctor who can heal his bleeding ...

Silent and taciturn, a cat demon wanders through the world of humans, encountering creatures as monstrous than desperate. Mixing references to mythology Japanese and surreal quotes, this collection of short ...