Romaji Diary and Sad Toys (Tuttle Classics)

The novella Romaji Diary represents the first instance of a Japanese writer using romaji (roman script) to tell stories in a way that could not betold in kana or kanji. Sad Toys is a collection of 194 Tanka, the traditional 31- syllable poems that are evocative of Japan's misty past and its tentative steps into the wider world.