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• 9 • Introduction (Blue Bamboo) • essay by Ralph F. McCarthy
• 15 • On Love and Beauty • short story by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  愛と美について^?Ai To Bi Ni Tsuite
  1939) [as by Osamu Dazai]
• 35 • Cherry Leaves and the Whistler • short story by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  葉桜と魔笛^?Hazakura To Mateki
  1939) [as by Osamu Dazai]
• 45 • The Chrysanthemum Spirit • short story by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  清貧譚^?Seihintan
  1941) [as by Osamu Dazai]
• 61 • The Mermaid and the Samurai • novelette by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  人魚の海^?Ningyo No Umi
  1944) [as by Osamu Dazai]
• 83 • Blue Bamboo • short story by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  竹青^?Chikusei
  1945) [as by Osamu Dazai]
• 103 • Romanesque • novelette by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  ロマネスク^?Romanesuku
  1934) [as by Osamu Dazai]
• 133 • Lanterns of Romance • novella by
  太宰治^?Osamu Dazai
  (trans. of
  ろまん燈籠^?Roman Dôrô
  1940) [as by Osamu Dazai]