Yume Jūya (Ten Nights of Dreams): The Ninth Night
【Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Literature(52)】
By Sōseki Natsume
Narrated by Nana Nagao
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A short story by Sōseki Natsume
“The world seemed to begin stirring uneasily. It felt as if war could break out at any moment. Naked, frightened horses, driven from their pastures, ran amok day and night around the mansion, and I felt as if foot soldiers were swarming after them endlessly. Yet inside the house, all was calm and silent like a forest. In the house were a young mother and a child of three. The father had gone somewhere. He had left in the middle of the night, when the moon had not yet risen. On the floor, he wore straw sandals and a black hood.”
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.