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In Japan there are many translations of Alice books. Because of the difference between English and Japanese, the translations differ one another especially in translating of word-play. In this page all Alice translations available in Japan are listed. Scores of these books are estimated in the view of translation of word-play.
Note: Sore| Translator | Publisher | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kan Kikuchi and Ryunosuke Akutagawa | Shinju-shoin Pearl Bunko | - |
| Kan Kikuchi and Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Complete edition) | Graphic-sha | ** |
| Masami Fukushima | Kadokawa Bunko | - |
| Shoichiro Kawai | Kadokawa Bunko | *** |
| Shoichiro Kawai | Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko | *** |
| Masami Fukushima | Rippu Shobo | - |
| Ichiro Takasugi | Kodansha Bunko Kodansha Aoitori Bunko | - |
| Ichiro Takasugi | Kodansha (1 volume with Through the Looking-glass) | - |
| Kozo Tada | Obunsha | * |
| Akiko Waki | Iwanami Shoten | ** |
| Akiko Waki | Iwanami Shonen Bunko | ** |
| Sumiko Ishikawa | Tokyo Tosho (Traslation of Annotated 'Alice') | *** |
| Sumiko Ishikawa | Tokyo Tosho (with Colour Illustlations) | ** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Tokyo Tosho (Translation of More Annotated 'Alice') | *** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Aki Shobo | *** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Seidosha (1 volume with Through the Looking-glass) | *** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Aki Sobo (1 volume with Through the Looking-glass. (Translation of The Annotated 'Alice': 150th Anniversary Edition) | *** |
| Kokichi Shono | Fukuinkan Fukuinkan Bunko | ** |
| Tamihei Iwasaki | Kenkyusha | * |
| Taro Kitamura | Okokusha Shueisha Bunko | * |
| Hioko Uesaki | Daiei Shuppan | * |
| Kenichi Yoshida | Kawade Shobo Shinsha | - |
| Tomoko Nakayama | Four Bunko | * |
| Ayumu Munakata | Kinnnohoshi-sha | ** |
| Yumie Kittaka | Kinnnohoshi-sha | * |
| Erika Tachihara | Shogakukan Tentomushi Bunko | * |
| Erika Tachihara | Shogakukan Flower Books | * |
| Akiko Tanakaa | Shogakukan (included in Shogakukan Sekia-J-Bungakukan) | ** |
| Tadae Fukizawa | Popura-sha Bunko | - |
| Tadae Fukizawa | Popura Pocket Bunko | - |
| Manami Sano | Popura Pocket Bunko | ** |
| Masashi Hara | Kokudosha | - |
| Etsuo Kusunoki | Shinjusha | - |
| Keiko Nagatomo | Bunka Shuppakyoku | - |
| Shinichi Sakayori | Nishimura Shoten (Translated from German) | * |
| Nanae Sugita | Nishimura Shoten | ** |
| Taeko Nakamura | Hyoronsha | * |
| Satomi Kumi | Esquire Magazine Japan/ Kokusho Kanko-kai (New edition) | * |
| Kaira Kotoha | Mynavi | * |
| Mutsumi Ishii | BL Shuppan | * |
| Yuka Murayama | Media Factory | ** |
| Kaoru Shimamoto | Kokusai Gogaku-sha | ** |
| Hiroo Yamagata | Asahi Shuppan | ** |
| Hiroo Yamagata | Frontier Bunko | * |
| Hiroo Yamagata | Bunshun Bunko | ** |
| Yuko Ashitagawa | Shueisha Bunko (Pocket Masterpieces: 11. Lewis Carroll) | ** |
| Hiroko Komatsubara | Seizansha (1 volume with Through the Looking-glass) | ** |
| Kimie Kusumoto | Ronsosha | ** |
| Kimie Kusumoto | Graphic-sha | ** |
| Kimie Kusumoto | Graphic-sha (alternative version) | ** |
| Sumiko Yagawa | Shinchosha | *** |
| Sumiko Yagawa | Shincho Bunko | *** |
| Yasunari & Michi Takahashi | Shinshokan | *** |
| Yasunari & Michi Takahashi | Kawade Bunko | *** |
| Izumi Yasui | Kenkyusha | *** |
| Naoki Yanase | Shueisha (Slightly Abridged) | *** |
| Naoki Yanase | Chikuma Bunko | *** |
| Translator | Publisher | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tadataka Okada | Kadokawa Bunko | * |
| Shoichiro Kawai | Kadokawa Bunko | *** |
| Shoichiro Kawai | Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko | *** |
| Ichiro Takasugi | Kodansha Bunko Kodansha Aoitori Bunko | - |
| Ichiro Takasugi | Kodansha (1 volume with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) | - |
| Kozo Tada | Obunsha Bunko | * |
| Akiko Waki | Iwanami Shoten | ** |
| Akiko Waki | Iwanami Shonen Bunko | ** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Tokyo Tosho (Traslation of Annotated 'Alice') | *** |
| Sumiko Ishikawa | Tokyo Tosho (with Colour Illustlations) | * |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Tokyo Tosho (Translation of More Annotated 'Alice') | *** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Aki Shobo | *** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Seidosha (1 volume with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) | *** |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Aki Sobo (1 volume with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Translation of The Annotated 'Alice': 150th Anniversary Edition) | *** |
| Kokichi Shono | Fukuinkan Fukuinkan Bunko | ** |
| Taro Kitamura | Okokusha Shueisha Bunko | * |
| Tomoko Nakayama | Four Bunko | * |
| Ayumu Munakata | Kinnnohoshi-sha | * |
| Manami Sano | Popura Pocket Bunko | * |
| Nanae Sugita | Nishimura Shoten | ** |
| Satomi Kumi | Esquire Magazine Japan/ Kokusho Kanko-kai (New edition) | * |
| Hiroo Yamagata | Asahi Shuppan | ** |
| Yuko Ashitagawa | Shueisha Bunko (Pocket Masterpieces: 11. Lewis Carroll) | ** |
| Hiroko Komatsubara | Seizansha (1 volume with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) | *** |
| Kimie Kusumoto | Ronsosha | ** |
| Sumiko Yagawa | Shinchosha | *** |
| Sumiko Yagawa | Shincho Bunko | *** |
| Izumi Yasui | Shinshokan | *** |
| Naoki Yanase | Chikuma Bunko | *** |
| Translator | Publisher | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Naoki Yanase | Renga-shobou Shinsha | *** |
| Translator | Publisher | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroshi Takahashi | Shoseki Joho-sha | * |
| Izumi Yasui | Shinshokan | *** |
| Translator | Publisher | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Himiko Suematsu | Nishimura Shoten (Translated from French) | * |
| Hajime Koshiba | Shinjusha | * |
| Mizuhito Kanehara | Little More | ** |
| Isumi Yasui | Nanatsumori Shokan | *** |
| Yuko Ashitagawa | Shueisha Bunko (Pocket Masterpieces: 11. Lewis Carroll) | * |
| Hiroshi Takayama | Horupu Shuppan | *** |
| Yasunari & Michi Takahashi | Shinshokan | * |