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Information on ARC

The Arthur Ransome Club (ARC) is the World's first gathering of Arthur Ransome enthusiasts (Ransomites).

• ARC was established in 1987 in Tokyo.
• Current membership is around 100, mostly in Japan.
• ARC's regular publication includes its journal, '1929,' and its dispatch, 'Pigeon Post.'
• ARC members can join its mailing list.
• Regular meeting is held monthly in Tokyo. Meetings are also held occasionally in a few cities in Japan.
• Unpublished works by Ransome and research documents on Ransome are being translated by ARC members.
• Grand meetings of ARC are held every two years.
• Other activities include sailing, camping, bird watching, gaming, and skating.
• The club may be contacted by electronic mail, through minnow@air.linkclub.or.jp

History of the Arthur Ransome Club

• 1987-10, Foundation of the Arthur Ransome Club.
• 1988-03, First volume of "1929" was published.
• 1993-08, Grand Meeting in Hakuba.
• 1993-12, Our bulletin board on Nifty-serve started.
• 1996-12, ARC Homepage started.
• 1997, 10th Anniversary.
• 1997-11, Grand Meeting in Tokyo.
• 1999-11, Grand Meeting in Tokyo.
• 2000-12, Transition from the Bulletin board to the ARC mailing list
• 2001-10, Grand Meeting in Tokyo.
• 2003-11, Grand Meeting with camping in Tokyo.
• 2005-11, Grand Meeting in Tokyo.
• 2007-11, Grand Meeting in Yokohama to celebrate 20th anniversary.
• 2009-11, Grand Meeting with camping in Tama.
• 2011-10, Grand Meeting in Osaka.
• 2013-11, Grand Meeting in Yokohama.
• 2014-04, Renewal of the ARC mailing list.
• 2015-11, Grand Meeting with camping in Miura.
• 2017-11, Grand Meeting with camping in Hachioji.

Back Volumes of "1929," Journal of the Arthur Ransome Club

• Vol.1: Out of Print, 1988-03.
  • Features: How I met Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Ransome Crossword Puzzle, etc.
• Vol.2: Out of print, 1988-06.
  • Features: My Favorite 3.
  • Other Articles: Part 1 of Translation of "Arthur Ransome and Capt. Flint's Trunk," Translation of "Blue Water Days," Seek Word Puzzle, etc.
• Vol.3: Out of print, 1988-09.
  • Features: Let's Make a Ransome Dictionary.
  • Other Articles: A Choronology of Ransome Saga, SAIL WAS THE THING !!, Places in Ransome Saga, etc.
• Vol.4: Out of Print, 1988-12.
  • Features: My Favorite Characters.
  • Other Articles: Signalling to Mars, "Strangers No More" Reports, etc.
• Vol.5: Out of Print, 1989-04.
  • Features: Then I become ....
  • Other Articles: Part 1 of "What said by Captain Nancy," "Strangers No More" Reports, etc.
• Vol.6: Out of Print, 1989-07.
  • Features: REPORTS, REPORTS, REPORTS.
  • Other Articles: Dowsing, etc.
• Vol.7&8: Out of Print, 1990-01.
  • Features: MIXED MOSS.
  • Other Articles: What THEY Ate, Dick's Pocket-book, A Bibliographical Study, etc.
• Vol.9: Out of Print, 1990-04.
  • Features: My Voyage.
  • Other Articles: Part 1 of Translation of "Coots in the North," Considerations on Bob Blackett, etc.
• Vol.10: 128p, 375 Yen, 1990-08.
  • Features: My Favorite Sentences.
  • Other Articles: A Test Problem, RANSOME.BAS, etc.
• Vol.11: 156p, 450 Yen, 1991-01.
  • Features: My Favorite Books.
  • Other Articles: Late Armadillo, Ransome Lunch, Launching of TARS, etc.
• Vol.12: Out of Print, 1991-06.
  • Features: Letters and "Great" Roger.
  • Other Articles: Report of New Year's Meeting, etc.
• Vol.13: Out of Print, 1991-09.
  • Features: Voyages of Elder Seamen.
  • Other Articles: List of Those Making Ascent to Kanchenjunga, Cycling in Lake District 3 Years Ago, etc.
• Vol.14: Out of Print, 1991-12.
  • Features: What I Would Like to Bring for THEM.
  • Other Articles: From Windermere in Tasmania, What British Ransomites Plays, etc.
• Vol.15: Out of Print, 1992-05.
  • Features: A Memorial Album.
  • Other Articles: The Book List of the Mates, A Ransomite Is a Pilgrim, Sailing Ransome Way, etc.
• Vol.16: Out of Print, 1992-09.
  • Features: I Am Like ...
  • Other Articles: Ransome Theme Week in Windermere, etc.
• Vol.17: Out of Print, 1992-12.
  • Features: Recommendation of Ransome.
  • Other Articles: ARC Halloween Report, etc.
• Vol.18: Out of Print, 1993-04.
  • Features: Illustrated Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Reports, etc.
• Vol.19&20: Out of Print, 1993-12.
  • Features: A Comparison of British and Japanese Questionnaires on Ransome.
  • Other Articles: My Favorite Scenes, etc.
• Special Volume: Out of Print, 1993-12.
  • Report of 1993 Grand Meeting.
• Vol.21: Out of Print, 1994-05.
  • Features: A Special Questionnaire on Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Reports on KAISEI, etc.
• Vol.22: Out of Print, 1994-09.
  • Features: If I Were a Character of Ransome Saga ...
  • Other Articles: An Analysis of British and Japanese Questionnaires on Ransome.
• Vol.23: Out of Print, 1994-12.
  • Features: My Favorite Ships.
  • Other Articles: A Tea Party in Okayama, DOG'S HOME Found, etc.
• Vol.24: Out of Print, 1995-05.
  • Features: My Ransome Best 3.
  • Other Articles: "Strangers No More" Reports, etc.
• Vol.25: Out of Print, 1995-08.
  • Features: 13th Volume of Ransome Saga.
  • Other Articles: ARC Western Japan Meeting, TARS Events, etc.
• Vol.26&27: Out of Print, 1996-06.
  • Features: My Favorite Characters.
  • Other Articles: A Chronology of Ransome, etc.
• Special Volume: Out of Print, 1996-06.
  • "Summer of Ransomites," Report of a Chartered Voyage of Sail Training Ship "Kaisei," 1994.
• Special Volume: 72p, 400 Yen, 1996-06.
  • "Chinese Afternoon," Report of a Masquarade Party in 1995.
• Vol.28: Out of Print, 1997-02.
  • Features: My Experience on Ransome.
  • Other Articles: "Strangers No More" Reports, etc.
• Vol.29: 144p, 475 Yen, 1997-11.
  • Features: Mysteries in Ransome Saga.
  • Other Articles: "Boat Trip in Norfolk" Report, etc.
• Vol.30: 190p, 650 Yen, 1998-08.
  • Features: (1) My Ransome Lands; (2) ARC 10th Anniversary: 10 Gong Festival.
  • Other Articles: "Skates and Alphabets" Report, An Old Man's Summer, Bibliography of References to Ransome, etc.
• Vol.31: 110p, 375 Yen, 1999-04.
  • Features: Scenes to Remember.
  • Other Articles: Cave Expedition on the Slope of Mt. Fuji, Time and Space of Ransome Saga, etc.
• Vol.32: 73p, 250 Yen, 1999-11.
  • Features: When I First Read Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Pilgrimage to Ransome's World, Making of my Canadian Canoe, etc.
• Vol.33: 101p, 350 Yen, 2000-04.
  • Features: When I Laugh Reading Ransome.
  • Other Articles: ARC's Grand Meeting in Every Two Years, Return of the Shining Moon (2), etc.
• Vol.34: 93p, 300 Yen, 2000-11.
  • Features: Today's Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Voyage of "Titty Walker", The Journal of the Study Group of Sago, Return of the Shining Moon (3), TARS 10th Anniversary, etc.
• Vol.35: 94p, 275 Yen, 2001-03.
  • Features: Let's Make Drawings on Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Return of the Shining Moon (4), etc.
• Vol.36: 84p, 300 Yen, 2001-10.
  • Features: How I Become a Ransomite.
  • Other Articles: A "Would be" Story, An Experiment of Cooking, etc.
• Vol.37: 140p, 475 Yen, 2002-03.
  • Features: Thank You to Mr. Teruo Jingu, Winter Holiday.
  • Other Articles: In the Footsteps of the S&As, etc.
• Vol.38: 134p, 550 Yen, 2002-09.
  • Features: Playing Ransomites.
  • Other Articles: In the Footsteps of the S&As (Continued), etc.
• Vol.39: 74p, 325 Yen, 2003-02.
  • Features: Confession of Ransomites.
  • Other Articles: Camping at Lake Hibara, Yachting at Lake Suwa, etc.
• Vol.40: 96p, 475 Yen, 2003-09.
  • Features: Meeting of Ransomites.
  • Other Articles: From Northern Lakes, a Tale of Birds, etc.
• Vol.41: Out of Print, 2004-03.
  • Features: 2003 Grand Meeting.
  • Other Articles: Signalling to Mars with TARS, etc.
• Vol.42: 126p, 700 Yen, 2004-09.
  • Features: My Favorite Sentenses.
  • Other Articles: "Secret Water" Project, Visit to Wales and the Lake District, Pilgrimage to Aleppo, Revisiting Arthur Ransome, etc.
• Vol.43: Out of Print, 2005-02.
  • Features: All of the Previous Features.
  • Other Articles: Ransome and LoTR quiz, etc.
• Vol.44: 108p, 750 Yen, 2005-09.
  • Features: Ransomites in Japan.
  • Other Articles: Camping at Lake Hibara, etc.
• Vol.45: 98p, 650 Yen, 2006-03.
  • Features: My Favorite Ship.
  • Other Articles: Release of "Mixed Moss", etc.
• Vol.46: 94p, 625 Yen, 2006-09.
  • Features: Explorers and Sailors.
  • Other Articles: Report of "Japan's Norfolk" Event, Musical "Swallows and Amazons", etc.
• Vol.47: Out of Print, 2007-03.
  • Features: My Best 3.
  • Other Articles: "North Polar Expedition, 2006," Musical "Swallows and Amazons," etc.
• Vol.48: 106p, 725 Yen, 2007-09.
  • Features: Sea, Camping, and Adventures - The World of Arthur Ransome.
  • Other Articles: "Roaring Donkey," Cave Expedition in West Izu Peninsula, etc.
• Vol.49: 64p, 600 Yen, 2008-02.
  • Features: Newly Aboard, 2007 Grand Meeting Report.
  • Other Articles: Talk by Prof. Jingu, etc.
• Vol.50: 67p, 1000 Yen, 2008-10.
  • Features: If ??? Happens, ...
  • Other Articles: A True Story, Report of Night Sailing on Yamaneko, etc.
• Vol.51: Out of Print, 2009-03.
  • Features: My Favorite Books.
  • Other Articles: When Captain Flint Went to Oxford?, etc.
• Vol.52: 54p, 950 Yen, 2009-10.
  • Features: The 13th Book I Would Like to Read.
  • Other Articles: Report on the TARS Literary Weekend, etc.
• Vol.53: 40p, 400 Yen, 2010-02.
  • Features: Ransome Tanka (Short Poem) and ARC Grand Meeting Report.
  • Other Articles: Ransome's Scotland, etc.
• Vol.54: 74p, 600 Yen, 2010-09.
  • Features: Maps.
  • Other Articles: Kayaking Wind Color Bay, etc.
• Vol.55: 46p, 400 Yen, 2011-03.
  • Features: Something I share with Ransome.
  • Other Articles: Sail Training Aboard Wild Cat, etc.
• Vol.56: 56p, 450 Yen, 2011-11.
  • Features: Norfolk Broads.
  • Other Articles: Camping at Lake Hibara in 2011, ARC Grand Meeting in Osaka and Kobe, etc.
• Vol.57: 2012-03.
  • Features: Lake District.
  • Other Articles: Musical "Swallows and Amazons", etc.
• Vol.58: 2012-10.
  • Features: Things Ransomite.
  • Other Articles: An Event in Takigawa, Hokkaido, Camping at Hobart Lake, etc.
• Vol.59: 2013-03.
  • Features: My Reading.
  • Other Articles: ARC meeting in Kansai, A Class Dinghy, etc.
• Vol.60: 2013-10.
  • Features: Swallows and Amazons.
  • Other Articles: Poor Miss Turner, Talk by Prof. Jingu, Picture Book Store "Swallow on the Sea," etc.
• Vol.61: 2014-03.
  • Features: Swallowdale.
  • Other Articles: A Children's Literature Course by Prof. Jingu, 2013 ARC Grand Meeting, etc.
• Vol.62: 2014-10.
  • Features: Peter Duck.
  • Other Articles: Report on Nancy Blackett, etc.
• Vol.63: 2015-03.
  • Features: Winter Holiday.
  • Other Articles: On Garibaldi, etc.
• Vol.64: 2015-10.
  • Features: Coot Club.
  • Other Articles: TARS Literary Weekend, etc.
• Vol.65: 2016-03.
  • Features: Pigeon Post.
  • Other Articles: Who is the First Ransomite?, Report on 2015 Grand Meeting, etc.
• Vol.66: 2016-10.
  • Features: We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea.
  • Other Articles: Four Episodes in Harwich's History, An Adventure @ Coniston, etc.
• Vol.67: 2017-03.
  • Features: Secret Water.
  • Other Articles: How was the Year 1929, etc.
• Vol.68: 2017-10.
  • Features: The Big Six.
  • Other Articles: Sail Training in Norfolk, etc.
• Vol.69: 2018-03.
  • Features: Missee Lee.
  • Other Articles: Reports on 2017 Grand Meeting, etc.
• Vol.70: 2018-10.
  • Features: The Picts and the Martyrs.
  • Other Articles: Reports on Cruising in Norfolk.
• Vol.71: 2019-03.
  • Features: Great Northern?
  • Other Articles: Reports on Trip to UK / North Germany, etc.

Bibliography of Ransome's Works Published in Japan

Books by Arthur Ransome

• Âsâ ransamu zenshû (Collected Works by Arthur Ransome), Iwanami Shoten, Tôkyô.
  1. Tsubamegô to amazongô (Swallow and Amazon), translated by Kinzô Iwata and Teruo Jingû, 1967. (Swallows and Amazons, 1930)
  2. Tsubame no tani (Swallowdale), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1967. (Swallowdale, 1931)
  3. Yamanekogô no bôken (The Adventure of the Wild Cat), translated by Kinzô Iwata, 1968. (Peter Duck, 1932)
  4. Nagai fuyuyasumi (The Long Winter Holiday), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1967. (Winter Holiday, 1933)
  5. Ooban kurabu no muhômono (The Outlaw of the Coot Club), translated by Kinzô Iwata, 1967. (Coot Club, 1934)
  6. Tsubamegô no denshobato (Swallow's Homing-pigeons), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1967. (Pigeon Post, 1936)
  7. Umie deru tsumorija nakatta (We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1967. (We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, 1937)
  8. Himitsu no umi (Secret Sea), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1967. (Secret Water, 1939)
  9. Rokunin no tanteitachi (Six Detectives), translated by Kinzô Iwata, 1968. (The Big Six, 1940)
  10. Onnakaizoku no shima (The Islands of the Female Pirate), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1968. (Missee Lee, 1941)
  11. Sukarabugô no natsuyasumi (Scarab's Summer Holiday), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1968. (The Picts and the Martyrs, 1943)
  12. Shirokumagô to nazono tori (Polar Bear and the Mysterious Birds), translated by Teruo Jingû, 1968. (Great Northern?, 1947)
• Âsâ ransamu jiden (The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome), translated by Teruo Jingû, Hakusuisha, Tôkyô, 1984. (The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome, Ed. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1976)
• Âsâ ransamu no roshia mukashibanashi (Arthur Ransome's Russian Tales), translated by Teruo Jingû, Hakusuisha, Tôkyô, 1989. (The War of the Birds and Beasts and Other Russian Tales, 1984)
• Pîtâ ojiisan no mukashibanashi (Grandfather Peter's Tales), translated by Teruo Jingû, Papirusu, Tôkyô, 1994. (Old Peter's Russian Tales, 1916)
• Tsubamegô to amazongô (Swallow and Amazon), translated by Teruo Jingû and Kinzô Iwata, Iwanami Shoten, Tôkyô. 1993. (Swallows and Amazons, 1930)
• London no bohemian (Bohemians in London), translated by Teruo Jingû, Hakusuisha, Tôkyô. 2000. (Bohemia in London, 1907)

Books on Arthur Ransome

• Âsâ ransamu no shôgai (The Life of Arthur Ransome), Hugh Brogan, translated by Teruo Jingû, Chikuma Shobô, Tôkyô, 1994. (The Life of Arthur Ransome, Hugh Brogan, 1984)

Ransome Links: Our Friends on the Net

Homepages on Arthur Ransome

• The Arthur Ransome Society (TARS)
• Ransome Homepage by Tatsunoko-taro (temporarily closed)
• "The World of Arthur Ransome" by COOT
• Dreamscape's Home Page
• Luna's Trip to the Holy Land (temporarily closed)
• The Donkey Expedition
• "Black Swan Inn" by Makoto Takahashi
• "Travel is Trouble & Travail" by Kaoru
• AHOY Club (temporarily closed)

Ransome Bulletin Boards

• Tarboard located in the UK.