Author · 1889–1936

夢野久作Yumeno Kyūsaku · ゆめの きゅうさく

Yumeno Kyūsaku was the pen name of Sugiyama Taidō, a writer from Fukuoka. He is best known for his strange, dreamlike mystery and horror fiction, above all the novel Dogra Magra (ドグラ・マグラ), which is often counted among the great oddities of Japanese literature. Stories such as "Bottled Hell" (瓶詰地獄) also remain widely read. Alongside this darker work, he wrote many children's stories and fables, of which "The Mushrooms Hold a Meeting" is one. His career was cut short by his sudden death in 1936.

きのこ会議 — The Mushrooms Hold a Meeting

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"The Mushrooms Hold a Meeting" is a short children's fable by Yumeno Kyūsaku, told in the gentle, polite voice of a storyteller reading aloud. One night, as the weather turns cold and the mushroom season draws to a close, the mushrooms of…