Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Ranpo Edogawa

Tuttle Publishing, 1956 - Fiction - 222 pages

Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edowaga RampoÆs best stories—bizarre and blood-curdling expeditions into the fantastic, the perverse, and the strange, in a marvelous homage to Rampo's literary "mentor," Edgar Allan Poe.

About the author

Hirai Taro (1894 - 1965), much more familiar as Edogawa Rampo, was the first modern writer of mysteries in Japan. The author's pen name is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of Edgar Allen Poe. He was the author of novels, short stories, and studies of the mystery genre.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination; Tut books; Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature Series; Tuttle Classics
• Author: Ranpo Edogawa
• Editor: James B. Harris
• Translated by: James B. Harris
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 1956
• ISBN: 0804803196, 9780804803199
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Horror / General; Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Cultural; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General