Title: 人間椅子

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Title: Title Record # 1017245
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Date: 1925-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: pseudopod.org
Language: Japanese

Note: First published in English in Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Tuttle, 1956.

Synopsis: A master furniture maker constructs a chair in which he can conceal himself, and lives there for a long time.

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Year	Language	Title
1956^ⓘPossibly doesn't qualify as speculative, but is a genre story because it's been published in a genre context. The idea of living in a chair is bizarre, but that's the most fantastic thing about the story. Translated by James B. Harris	English	The Human Chair [as by Edogawa Rampo]
1961^ⓘTranslated by Havank	Dutch	De menselijke stoel [as by Edogawa Rampo]
1968^ⓘTranslated by Hans Wollschläger	German	Der menschliche Stuhl [as by Edogawa Rampo]
1975^ⓘTranslated by Thorstein Thelle	Norwegian (Bokmal)	Menneskestolen [as by Edogawa Rampo]
1976^ⓘTranslated by Gian Paolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli as by G. P. Cossato and S. Sandrelli	Italian	La sedia umana [as by Edogawa Rampo]
1978^ⓘTranslated by Chr. Nogly.	German	Der lebende Sessel [as by Edogawa Rampo]
2011^ⓘTranslated by Laura Serra	Italian	La sedia umana [as by Edogawa Ranpo]
2021	English	The Human Chair [as by Edogawa Ranpo]

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