A collection of short stories: 
1. Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
2. Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 
3. Chico (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 
4. Hatsutake Gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 
5. Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 
6. Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 
7. Uwasa no Bushi (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 
8. Ondol Koya (オンドル小屋, The Ondol Shack), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-04 
9. Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 
10. Chouhachi no Yado (長八の宿, Chohachi Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-01 
11. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba's Electroplate Factory), Bessatsu Manga Story 1973-04

An autobiographical manga based on Yoshiharu Tsuge's adolescence. Set in a downtown plating factory, the work follows Mr. Wolves, the owner of the factory, and a young worker named Yoshio, alongside other employees. 
 
Note: Published in Bessatsu Manga Story (April 1973). Republished in Monthly Manga Garo No. 131 (July 1974).

A surreal, avant-garde two-colour printed manga work based on Yoshiharu Tsuge's experience traveling to Futomi in Chiba prefecture. It is especially famous among the works of Tsuge and had a great influence not only on the Japanese manga world but also on many other fields. 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 47 (Tsuge Yoshiharu Tokushuu, 10th June 1968).

A philosophical work that questions the uncertainty of human existence through the disappearance of a dog. 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 36 (August 1967).

Rain mysteriously falls around a particular place where a boy and his grandfather plan on going mushroom hunting the next morning... 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 20 (April 1966).

A simple rural encounter is charged with sexual tension that is alluring but also fraught with danger. When a young woman happens upon a wing-shot goose, she tries to calm it then suddenly snaps its neck. Later, she befriends a young hunter and offers him shelter, but her motivations remain unclear, especially when the hunter notices a snake in the room where they’ll both be sleeping. 
 
(Source: Drawn & Quarterly) 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 18 (February 1966).

"It is said that salamanders have no memory of the past because of the polluted water." This work follows a salamander waking up in a sewer with no recollection of the past, but out of place, as if they were reborn as a completely different creature. The salamander grows accustomed to their new habitat until one day when an incomprehensible object appears in the sewer. 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 33 (May 1967).

This tale is set at a small hot springs inn where a samurai is relaxing when he is asked to share his room. His new roommate appears to be none other than Musashi Miyamoto. 
 
(Source: Anime News Network) 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 12 (August 1965).

A simple domestic drama about expectations, fidelity, and escape. A couple purchase a beautiful white bird with a red beak. It is said that the bird will grow attached to its owners and never fly away. While the girlfriend is working as a hostess, flirting with men for money, the boyfriend decides to draw a portrait of the new family member, and disaster strikes. 
 
(Source: Drawn & Quarterly) 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 19 (March 1966).

A man visits a town that he finds mysteriously nostalgic. 
 
Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 48 (July 1968).

1. Nejishiki (ねじ式, Screw-Style, The Stopcock), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
2. Numa (沼, The Swamp), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-02 
3. Chico (チーコ, Chirpy), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-03 
4. Hatsutake Gari (初茸がり, Mushroom Hunting), Monthly Manga Garo 1966-04 
5. Sanshouuo (山椒魚, The Salamander), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-05 
6. Touge no Inu (峠の犬, The Dog from Prayer Pass), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-08 
7. Uwasa no Bushi (噂の武士, The Phony Warrior), Monthly Manga Garo 1965-08 
8. Ondol Koya (オンドル小屋, The Ondol Shack), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-04 
9. Gensenkan Shujin (ゲンセンカン主人), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-07 
10. Chouhachi no Yado (長八の宿, Chohachi Inn), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-01 
11. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (大場電気鍍金工業所, Oba's Electroplate Factory), Bessatsu Manga Story 1973-04 
12. Yoshiboo no Hanzai (ヨシボーの犯罪), Custom Comics 1979-09 
13. Shounen (少年), 1981-07 
14. Aru Mumei Sakka (ある無名作家), 1984-09

1. Akai Hana (紅い花, Red Flowers), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-10 
2. Ri-san Ikka (李さん一家, The Lee Family), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-06 
3. Tsuya (通夜, The Wake), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-03 
4. Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景, Scenes from the Seaside), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-09 
5. Nishibeta Mura Jiken (西部田村事件, The Incident at Nishibeta Village), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-12 
6. Futamata Keikoku (二岐溪谷, Futamata Gorge), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-02 
7. Honyara Hora no Ben-san (ほんやら洞のべんさん, Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 
8. Furuhon to Shoujo (古本と少女, The Secondhand Book), Meiro2 1960-02, redrawn and -published in Monthly Manga Garo 1966-09 
9. Mokkiriya no Shoujo (もっきり屋の少女), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-08 
10. Yanagiya Shujin (やなぎ屋主人), Monthly Manga Garo 1970-02 & 1970-03

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 44 (April 1968).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 41 (January 1968).

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