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David Chibbett (essay head 1983)

SOURCE: An introduction to Kunikida Doppo's River Mist and Other Stories, translated by David G. Chibbett, Paul Norbury Publications Limited, 1983, pp. ix-xxx.

[In the following introduction to his translation of Doppo’s River Mist and Other Stories, Chibbett employs Doppo's letters and autobiographical writings to discuss the author's life and works.]

Very little is known about the early life of Kunikida Doppo,¹ his date of birth and even his parentage being matters of some controversy. Such information as exists is mostly in the form of reminiscences of childhood contemporaries sought out for publication after Doppo's death and consequently not altogether reliable. According to the most widely accepted tradition, Doppo was born on 30 August, 1871, in the small town of Chōshi in Chiba Prefecture where the Tone river flows out into the Pacific Ocean. His mother, Man-ko, came from the...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. David Chibbett (essay head 1983)
   2. Edward Fowler (review date 1984)
   3. Maya Mortimer (essay date 1984)
4. Copyright