Author · 1930–1965
山川方夫Yamakawa Masao · やまかわ まさお
Yamakawa Masao (山川方夫) was a Tokyo-born writer and the son of the nihonga painter Yamakawa Shūhō. His own fiction was nominated several times for the Akutagawa Prize. He died at the age of thirty-four from injuries suffered in a traffic accident.
Stories by Yamakawa Masao
箱の中のあなた — The Stranger in the Viewfinder
"The Stranger in the Viewfinder" (箱の中のあなた, literally "You Inside the Box") is a short psychological story by Yamakawa Masao. It is set in a provincial seaside tourist town at the start of summer. A breezy tourist from Tokyo asks a painfully…
夏の葬列 — A Procession in Midsummer
夏の葬列 is a short literary story about guilt and memory. A young office worker, returning to Tokyo from a business trip, gets off the train at the small seaside town where he was evacuated as a child during the war. Walking out past the…
予感 — The Shiver Down His Spine
予感 is a very short story by Yamakawa Masao, a writer known for compact stories that turn on a final twist. A young married couple are riding a large sightseeing bus up a winding cliffside road towards Kozaru Pass on a clear early-spring…