Kokoro
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Kokoro is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer. Set in the Meiji era, the novel tells of
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Natsume Sōseki
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Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fict
Kokoro
…Kokoro (こゝろ; or in modern kana usage こころ) is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912). Set in the Meiji era, the…
Sōseki on 13 September 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji's funeral
Sōseki, c. 1873
Sōseki in 1896
Sōseki (front right) in 1900, shortly before leaving for study in England