小鳥遊書房

Takanashi Shobo is a Japanese publishing house whose guiding idea is “books give birth to books. ” It publishes works across the humanities and literature, including film, English and American literature, Japanese literature, poetry, history and biography, children’s books, picture books in translation, drama, performing arts, gender studies, and music. Its catalogue brings together scholarly criticism, literary studies, creative writing, translated works, and accessible books for general readers.

Recent and forthcoming titles include studies of environmental literature, Virginia Woolf, American cultural history, music in the Taisho era, and SF criticism, alongside works by authors such as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, Robert Frost, and Theodore Dreiser. Takanashi Shobo also publishes children’s and illustrated books, including an illustrated edition of The Old Man and the Sea. The website provides book listings, new-release and forthcoming-title information, sample readings, author introductions, and detailed search tools.

Readers can find information about ordering and contact the publisher directly with questions