Twain Translations by Hiroshi Okubo

The following is a list of Hiroshi Okubo's Japanese translations of Mark Twain's works, including his 1999 translation of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

· 1976 Adamu to ivu no Nikki (Diaries of Adam and Eve), ed. & trans. Obunsha-bunko, Obunsha, Tokyo, Japan. [Translations of Extracts from Adam's Diary and Eve's Diary, with original illustrations by F. Strothmann & L. Ralph, afterword and chronology.]

· 1980 Asa-o Kyutei no Yanki (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court). Kadokawa-bunko, Kadokawa-shoten, Tokyo, Japan. [Complete and perhaps most authentic Japanese translation of the work, with afterword.]

· 1980 Chotto Omoshiroi Hanashi (Mark Twain's Maxims and Anecdotes), ed. & trans. Obunsha-bunko, Obunsha, Tokyo, Japan. [With afterword.]

· 1982 Mata Chotto Omoshiroi Hanashi (Mark Twain's Maxims and Anecdotes, Part II), ed. & trans. Obunsha-bunko, Obunsha, Tokyo, Japan. [Including "1601," with afterword.]

· 1983 Hawai Tsushin (Letters from Hawaii). 2 vols. Obunsha-bunko, Obunsha, Tokyo, Japan. [With illustrations and afterword.]

· 1984 Hanku Mogan no Boken (Adventures of Hank Morgan). Ronso-sha, Tokyo, Japan. [A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court retold in verse, with all of the original illustrations by D. Beard, and afterword including an introduction to Beard.]

· 1985 Shinsen Maku Towein Kessaku-shu (Newly Selected Works of Mark Twain), ed. & trans. Obunsha-bunko, Obunsha, Tokyo, Japan. [“Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (Saturday Press version), "Sandwich Islands Lecture" and "The Raft Episode" in HF, with afterword including MT's Artemus Ward Lecture.]

· 1987 Maku Towein no Baresuku-fu Jijoden (Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, and Other Sketches), ed. & trans. Obunsha-bunko, Obunsha, Tokyo, Japan. [Including "Story of Jack Slade" in RI, X & XI, "At the Appetite Cure," "How to Tell a Story," and original illustrations. And with afterword.]

· 1994 Fushigina Shonen Dai 44 go (No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger). Kadokawa-shoten, Tokyo, Japan. [With afterword.]

· 1995 Adamu to Ivu no Nikki (Diaries of Adam and Eve) ed. & trans. Fukutake-bunko, Fukutake-shoten, Tokyo, Japan. [Translations of Extracts from Adam's Diary and Eve's Diary, with original illustrations by F. Strothmann & L. Ralph, afterword, and revised chronology.]

· 1996 Maku Towein no Jannu-daruku (Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc). Kadokawa-shoten, Tokyo, Japan. [With afterword.]

· 1999 Hakkuruberi Fin no Bouken (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). Kadokawa-shoten, Tokyo, Japan. [Complete and perhaps most authentic Japanese translation of the work, with afterword.]