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MASTERPIECES
OF
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE FICTION
The Japan Times’ Series

A Spring-Time Case
(OTSUYA KOROSHI)

JUN-ICHIRO TANIZAKI

TRANSLATED
BY
ZENCHI IWADO

THE JAPAN TIMES

A Spring-Time Case(OTSUYA KOROSHI)