Yume Jūya (Ten Nights of Dreams): The Fourth Night
【Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Literature㊼】
By Sōseki Natsume
Narrated by Nana Nagao
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A short story by Sōseki Natsume
“In the middle of a wide earthen floor stood something like a summer platform for cool evenings. Around it were arranged several small stools. The platform shone with a deep black polish. In one corner, an old man sat alone before a square tray, drinking sake. His side dish seemed to be simmered vegetables. His face was flushed from the drink, and it glowed with a soft, healthy sheen—there was hardly a wrinkle to be seen. Only his long, full white beard revealed that he was indeed an old man. Though I was only a child, I remember wondering how old that man could be. Just then, the housewife came in from the back, carrying a pail of water drawn from the bamboo pipe.”
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.