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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

谷崎潤一郎 1886-07-24 – 1965-07-30 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in 1886 in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. He dropped out of the Japanese Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial University. He participated in founding the Second Shinshichō and debuted in 1910 with "The Tattooer" (Shisei). After the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, he relocated to the Kansai region, which deeply influenced his later work. He produced major works including "Naomi" (Chijin no Ai), "Some Prefer Nettles" (Tade Kuu Mushi), "A Portrait of Shunkin" (Shunkinshō), "The Makioka Sisters" (Sasameyuki), "The Key" (Kagi), "Diary of a Mad Old Man" (Fūten Rōjin Nikki), as well as a celebrated modern Japanese translation of "The Tale of Genji". His themes — fetishism, female deification, traditional Japanese aesthetics, and the contrast between modernity and tradition — defined his unique aesthetic. He was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and is regarded as one of the greatest Japanese novelists of the twentieth century.

Literary Schools / Movements

Aestheticism

Publication Venues (15 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (51 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • The Affair of Two Watches (The Affair Of Two Watches) (1910)
  • 刺青 (The Tattooer) (1910)
  • 麒麟 (Kirin) (1910)
  • 少年 (Shōnen) (1911)
  • 幇間 (Hōkan) (1911)
  • 秘密 (Himitsu) (1911)
  • Dream Tales (Dream Tales) (1912)
  • 恐怖 (Kyōfu) (1913)
  • 金色の死 (Kiniro no Shi) (1914)
  • 小僧の夢 (Kozō no Yume) (1917)
  • 二人の稚児 (Ni Nin no Chigo) (1918)
  • 小さな王国 (Chīsana Ōkoku) (1918)
  • 母を恋うる記 (Haha o Koi Uru Ki) (1919)
  • 戯曲体小説　真夏の夜の恋 (Gikyoku Tai Shōsetsu Manatsu no Yoru no Koi) (1919)
  • 途上 (Tojō) (1920)
  • 私 (Watashi) (1921)
  • 痴人の愛 (Naomi) (1924)
  • 蘿洞先生 (Sei) (1925)
  • 二月堂の夕 (Nigatsu Dō no Yū) (1925)
  • 阪神見聞録 (Hanshin Kembun Roku) (1925)
  • 日本に於けるクリップン事件 (Nippon ni Oke ru Kurippun Jiken) (1927)
  • 卍 (Quicksand) (1928)
  • 続蘿洞先生 (Zoku Sei) (1928)
  • 蓼喰う虫 (Tade Kū Mushi) (1928)
  • 三人法師 (San Nin Hōshi) (1929)
  • 吉野葛 (Yoshino Kazura) (1931)
  • 盲目物語 (Mōmoku Monogatari) (1931)
  • 紀伊国狐憑漆掻語 (Kī Koku Kitsune Go) (1931)
  • 覚海上人天狗になる事 (Satoshi Kaijō Jin Tengu ni Naru Koto) (1931)
  • 武州公秘話 (Take Shū Ōyake Hiwa) (1931)

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