The Nighthawk Star

The Nighthawk Star (よだかの星, Yodaka no Hoshi) is a popular Japanese children's short story by Kenji Miyazawa, thought to have been written around 1921. It was a part of the Complete Works of Kenji Miyazawa, Vol. 5 (「宮沢賢治全集」 第５巻) published by Chikuma Bunko (ちくま文庫), which was later updated to be a part of the Newly Collected Complete Works of Miyazawa Kenji, Vol. 8 (「新修宮沢賢治全集」第八巻) published by Chikuma Shobo (筑摩書房). The short story has also been translated into English in different collections of Miyazawa's short stories such as: Once and Forever, the Tales of Kenji Miyazawa, translated by John Bester, published by Kodansha International in 1998; and Miyazawa Kenji's Ten Japanese Stories for Children, published by Northern Book Centre in 2005.