Available Translations

The following translations are available as of January 2009:

Taketori Monogatari
Miyazawa Kenji

Polano Square
Ame nimo Makezu (Japanese text)
The Restaurant of Many Orders
Across the Snow
Gauche, the Cellist

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

The Dogs and the Flute
The Sage
Du Zichun
Magic
Carmen
A Strange Story
The World and Women (More commentary than a story)
Suspicion
Three Whys
The Marsh
Saru-Kani Gassen (Please read the folk-tale first if you're not already familiar with it.)
The God Agni (Akutagawa showed much influence from western literature-- this one seems to have been inspired by the Hardy Boys.)*
The Good Faith of Wei Sheng

Hoshi Shinichi No translations of Hoshi's short stories are available at this site.
Miura Shumon

Myths

The Western Wardrobe
The Cat
Disciple
Peter Pan

Nezu Yoshi

Half-Ton Pickup
Jack and the Harp

Quilt Stories [Some short folk tales, if there are any short folks in your family]

Ikkyu San
Issun Boshi
Urashima Taro
Kaguya Hime
Gombei the Duck Hunter
Saru-Kani Gassen
Chofuku Yama
The Crane Wife
Mouse Paradise
Hanasaka Jiji
Bunbuku Chagama
Momotaro
Plus lots of related mukashibanashi

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*Nathan Bak points out that this story predated the Hardy Boys by six years. I meant only that it is a boys' adventure story rather than a searching psychological portrayal of Japanese expatriates. I certainly wouldn't question Ryunosuke's originality, even in the stories that are taken from known sources.