"Seibei and the Gourd, and to Abashiri" Naoya Shiga This is the first collection of short stories, tracing the author's establishment of his writerly self from "Rape Blossoms and a Young Girl" in 1904 to "The Story of Stealing a Child" in 1914. It includes "Seibei and the Gourd," a representative early short story depicting the conflict between a boy who loves gourds and his father and teacher who resent it, and "The Righteous," which expresses the unsatisfying feeling experienced by a person who supported justice through their own efforts. A total of 18 stories are included. #NaoyaShiga #Shiga_Naoya #Books #JapaneseLiterature/Novels&Stories