Takekurabe
| "Takekurabe" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Ichiyō Higuchi | |
| Translator | W.M. Bickerton (1930) Edward Seidensticker (1956) Seizo Nobunaga Robert Lyons Danly (1981) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Bungakkai |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | 1895–96 |
| Published in English | 1930, 1956, 1981 |
Takekurabe (たけくらべ; lit. "Comparing heights"), English titles including Growing Up and Child's Play, is a novella by Japanese writer Ichiyō Higuchi, first published in 1895–96. It depicts a group of youths growing up in Shitaya Ryūsenji-chō, Yoshiwara, Meiji era Tokyo's red light district, over a span of four months.