Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and…

Depicts the 23-year-old Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly moving ‘real world’ of Tokyo, its women and university.

This moving and deceptively simple story, a melancholy tale shot through with glimmers of joy, beauty, and gentle wit, is an understated masterpiece by the first great writer of modern…

One of the most popular novels of all time in Japan - now available in manga form!

Reckless but unfailingly honest, Botchan is the youngest son in a middle-class Tokyo…

Literally meaning heart , the Japanese word kokoro can be more distinctly translated as the heart of things or feeling. Natsume Soseki’s 1914 novel, which was originally published in serial…

‘Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don’t ever surrender yourself - not to Japan, not to anything’ A shy, unworldly young student has his eyes opened…

This is the second volume of Annotated Japanese Literary Gems, which makes available representative examples of Japanese short stories and novellas from Meiji to the present. This multi-volume set of…

From Wikipedia: Natsume Soseki ( , February 9, 1867 - December 9, 1916), born Natsume Kinnosuke ( ), is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji…