Michinoku（North Country)）
【Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Literature⑤】
By Kanoko Okamoto
Narrated by Nana Nagao
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A short story by Kanoko Okamoto
“Visiting a castle town in the Tohoku region for a lecture, “I” am drawn to a photograph of a young boy displayed in a local photography studio. The boy was known as “Shiro Baka.” As I listen to the townspeople recount Shiro’s life, particularly his deep and affectionate love for O-ran, the daughter of a kimono shop owner, I find myself compelled to search for O-ran…“
This audiobook is a new recording of the “Reading Timeless Story Series” that was performed at the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature on November 25, 2023.
Author : Kanoko Okamoto
Narrator : Nana Nagao
Produced by：Koé no Shoten
Special Thanks：Shigoto, Inc. / ROUDOKU.TALKER.JP
Listening Length：00:27:16
Release Date：2024/3/1
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1909 – 1948
Born in Tokyo, her real name was Kano. While still a student at a girls’ school, she joined Yosano Akiko’s Shinshi-sha (New Poetry Society). She published modern-style poetry and tanka in Myōjō and Subaru. She released the poetry collection Karoki-netami（”Slight Envy”）.In 1929, she traveled to Europe and America to study. After returning to Japan, she gave lectures and wrote as a Buddhist scholar. In 1936, she published Tsuru wa Yamiki (“The Dying Crane”), a novel inspired by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, in Bungei-kai.In the short period before her death, she wrote prolifically, publishing aesthetic and bewitching works such as Boshi Jojō (“The Relationship between Mother and Child”), Kingyo Ryōran (“A Riot of Goldfish”), Rōgishō (“Portrait of an Old Geisha”), and Seisei Ruten (“Lively Ebb and Flow”).