Ningen Chozume (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Is this a souvenir story of my trip to the West? If so, I would appreciate it if you could spare me. At the end of the Meiji Era, Jikichi, a carpenter, left for the United States to work at the Great Exhibition to be held in St. Louis. One night, a beautiful Chinese woman he met at work lured him out into the city, and he was taken into an eerie basement. There, Jikichi sees a mysterious meat grinder spinning and grinding with a grating sound... In addition to the title story, this collection contains a total of eight short stories colored with fantasy and a taste for the bizarre.

あっしの洋行の土産話ですか。何なら御勘弁願いたいもんで。明治時代末期、大工の治吉はセントルイスで開かれる大博覧会で働くため、アメリカへ旅立った。ある夜、職場で出会った美しい中国人女性に誘われるがまま街へ出ると、不気味な地下室に連れ込まれる。そこで治吉が眼にしたのは、ガリガリと耳障りな音を立てて廻転する謎の肉挽機械だった...。表題作ほか、幻想と猟奇趣味に彩られた、粒ぞろいの短編全8編を収録。