Yume Jūya (Ten Nights of Dreams): The Fifth Night
【Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Literature㊽】
By Sōseki Natsume
Narrated by Nana Nagao
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A short story by Sōseki Natsume
“I had a dream like this. It seemed to take place in a very distant past, perhaps close to the age of the gods. By misfortune, I had led an army and suffered defeat. I was captured alive and brought before the enemy general. People of that time were all very tall, and all of them wore long beards. They had leather belts, from which hung swords as straight as sticks. Their bows looked as if they had been made from thick wisteria vines, unvarnished and unpolished. Everything appeared extremely simple and rustic. The enemy general grasped the middle of his bow with his right hand and pressed the bow down onto the grass.”
Author : Sōseki Natsume
Narrator : Nana Nagao
Produced by：Koé no Shoten
Special Thanks：Shigoto, Inc.
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Release Date：2025/
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1867 – 1916
Born in Babashita, Ushigome, Edo (present-day Kikui-chō, Shinjuku, Tokyo). His real name was Kinnosuke. After graduating from the Department of English Literature at the Imperial University, he taught English at Matsuyama Middle School and the Fifth High School before studying in Britain. Upon his return to Japan, he became a lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1905, he made his literary debut with I Am a Cat. He went on to write many masterpieces, including Botchan, Kusamakura, Sanshirō, Sorekara (And Then), Mon (The Gate), Higan sugi made, Kōjin (The Wayfarer), Kokoro, Michikusa, and Meian (Light and Darkness). He is regarded as one of the foremost literary figures of modern Japan.