We are to read the following stories.
1. Higuchi Ichiyo, “Troubled Waters” (Nigorie, 1895).
2. Mori Ogai, “Abe Family” (Abe ichizoku, 1913).
3. Akutagawa Ryunosuke, “Rashomon” (1915) and “In a Bamboo Grove” (Yabu no naka, 1921).
4. Kawabata Yasunari, “The Izu Dancer” (Izu no odoriko, 1925).
5. Oe Kenzaburo, “Prize Stock” (Shiiku, 1958).
6. Murakami Haruki, “Super Frog Saves Tokyo” (Kaeru-kun Tokyo wo sukuu, 1999), and Tawada Yoko, "The Island of Eternal Life" (Fushi no shima, 2012).