Nankichi Niimi - Works

Works

(Some are given only with the Japanese title)

• Gon, the Little Fox (Japanese: ごんぎつね): This is his most famous work, which he wrote when he was only seventeen years old. This story of an orphaned fox that dies young somewhat parallels his own life.
• Buying Mittens (Japanese: 手袋を買いに): This is another famous work of his.
• Grandfather’s Lamp (Japanese: おぢいさんのランプ), published 1942
• Hananoki Village and the Thieves (Japanese: 花のき村と盗人たち)
• A Tale of Ryôkan: a Ball and a Child at a Basin, published 1941
• Ushi wo tsunaida tsubaki no ki (Temporary Translation: A camellia tree to which a cow was tethered)
• Lie (Japanese: うそ)