Akinari, Ueda

Ueda Akinari (1734-1809), one of the great writers of Japanese fiction, was also a scholar, poet, physician, and tea master.

Anthony H. Chambers is a professor of Japanese literature and literary translation at Arizona State University. He has translated many works of Japanese literature, both classical and modern, and is the author of "The Secret Window: Ideal Worlds in Tanizaki's Fiction,"