Nejishiki

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).

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).

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).

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

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).

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 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

A dream-like manga where a man prods a pin-up girl in an erotic magazine with tweezers, pulls her out of the magazine and eats her to test her beauty. He's then paranoid of people finding out and being incarcerated so he goes on to destroy all of the evidence. Note: Published in Custom Comic No. 3 (September 1979).