Remembering Tanizaki Jun'ichiro and Matsuko ─ Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters 1954-1989

A scholar and translator of Japanese literature, Chambers, presents the letters, diary entries and interview notes of essayist, playwright, and novelist Tanizaki Jun’ichiro (1886-1965), as well as the works of his wife’s, Matusuko (1903-1991), who produced three memoirs and collected poetry, all from 1954-1989. While some of the information in Chambers’s volume is available in Japanese publications, very little has been published in Western sources, and much that is in this book appears for the first time. Citing the accounts herein as of particular interest to specialists in modern Japanese literature and fans of Tanizaki’s novels, Chambers aims to give readers a sense of these two remarkable people. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)