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The Tattoo and Other Stories
"A writer of wicked subtlety and grace." --The Sunday Times (London) The eight stories in this dazzling...
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"A writer of wicked subtlety and grace." --The Sunday Times (London) The eight stories in this dazzling collection--including three that appear here in English for the first time--showcase the sunning breadth of Junichiro Tanizaki's literary mastery. Award-winning translators Anthony Chambers, Paul McCarthy and J. Keith Vincent bring their consummate skill and knowledge of Tanizaki to the volume. Together, the stories reflect the author's lifelong fascination with the darkest passions of humankind and the full range of possibility in the Japanese language. Included in this volume are:
Author: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9784805319598
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2026
About the Author
Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) is widely considered one of Japan's finest authors. Born in the heart of Tokyo as the city began to modernize, he studied Japanese literature at Tokyo University and made his debut with the acclaimed short story "The Tattoo." Following the great Kanto earthquake of 1923, he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the setting for his masterpiece The Makioka Sisters. He is the author of Naomi, Some Prefer Nettles, The Key and the essay "In Praise of Shadows," among many other works of fiction and nonfiction. He received the Order of Culture in 1949 and is the namesake of the distinguished Tanizaki Prize for literature. Anthony H. Chambers is the author of Remembering Tanizaki Junichiro and Matsuko and translator of many works by Junichiro Tanizaki, including Naomi and The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi. For his study and translation of Ueda Akinari's Tales of Moonlight and Rain, he received the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize. He is Professor Emeritus of Japanese at Arizona State University and has also taught at Wesleyan University and the Associated Kyoto Program. Paul McCarthy has taught Japanese language, literature, and religion, as well as English language and literature and comparative literature, at universities in America and Japan. He is an emeritus professor of Surugadai University. He continues to translate and comment on Japanese literature, notably on Junichiro Tanizaki and Mishima Yukio. His translation of Tanizaki's A Cat, a Man, and Two Women won the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize in 1991. J. Keith Vincent teaches Japanese, Comparative Literature, and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Boston University, where he also directs the MFA program in Literary Translation. His translation of Okamoto Kanoko's A Riot of Goldfish won the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize, and his translation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novella Devils in Daylight was shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize in 2018. His retranslation of Natsume Soseki's novel Michikusa is forthcoming from Tuttle.
- The Tattoo: A sadomasochistic tattoo artist inscribes a spider on the object of his obsession, awakening her own sadistic impulses
- From the Life of Shunkin: A beautiful blind musician is mysteriously attacked, and her lover commits an unthinkable act
- An Account of Cruelty: A couple struggles with the intimate aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
- Plus five other iconic Tanizaki tales
Author: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9784805319598
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2026
About the Author
Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) is widely considered one of Japan's finest authors. Born in the heart of Tokyo as the city began to modernize, he studied Japanese literature at Tokyo University and made his debut with the acclaimed short story "The Tattoo." Following the great Kanto earthquake of 1923, he moved to the Kyoto-Osaka region, the setting for his masterpiece The Makioka Sisters. He is the author of Naomi, Some Prefer Nettles, The Key and the essay "In Praise of Shadows," among many other works of fiction and nonfiction. He received the Order of Culture in 1949 and is the namesake of the distinguished Tanizaki Prize for literature. Anthony H. Chambers is the author of Remembering Tanizaki Junichiro and Matsuko and translator of many works by Junichiro Tanizaki, including Naomi and The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi. For his study and translation of Ueda Akinari's Tales of Moonlight and Rain, he received the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize. He is Professor Emeritus of Japanese at Arizona State University and has also taught at Wesleyan University and the Associated Kyoto Program. Paul McCarthy has taught Japanese language, literature, and religion, as well as English language and literature and comparative literature, at universities in America and Japan. He is an emeritus professor of Surugadai University. He continues to translate and comment on Japanese literature, notably on Junichiro Tanizaki and Mishima Yukio. His translation of Tanizaki's A Cat, a Man, and Two Women won the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize in 1991. J. Keith Vincent teaches Japanese, Comparative Literature, and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Boston University, where he also directs the MFA program in Literary Translation. His translation of Okamoto Kanoko's A Riot of Goldfish won the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize, and his translation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novella Devils in Daylight was shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize in 2018. His retranslation of Natsume Soseki's novel Michikusa is forthcoming from Tuttle.
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