- SOME PREFER NETTLES
- See TADE KU MUSHI.
Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater. J. Scott Miller. 2009.
SOME PREFER NETTLES
Look at other dictionaries:
Some Prefer Nettles — is a 1929 novel by Jun ichirō Tanizaki.Plot summaryKaname and his wife Misako are caught in a loveless marriage, yet neither is willing to ask for divorce. Each decision they make is carefully executed so that they can remain in their delicate… … Wikipedia
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki — Infobox Writer name = Tanizaki Jun ichirō caption = Tanizaki Jun ichirō birthdate = birth date|1886|7|24|df=y birthplace = Tokyo Japan deathdate = death date and age|1965|7|30|1886|7|24|df=y deathplace = Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan occupation =… … Wikipedia
Edward Seidensticker — Edward George Seidensticker (February 11 1921 ndash; August 26, 2007) was a noted scholar and translator of Japanese literature. He was particularly known for his faithful English version of The Tale of Genji (1976), which is counted among the… … Wikipedia
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō — born July 24, 1886, Tokyo, Japan died July 30, 1965, Yugawara Japanese novelist. Though his earliest short stories have affinities with those of Edgar Allan Poe and the French Decadents, Tanizaki later turned to exploring more traditional… … Universalium
Japanese literature — Introduction the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language. Both in quantity and quality, Japanese… … Universalium
The Makioka Sisters (film) — nihongo| The Makioka Sisters |細雪|Sasame yuki|extra=lit. small snow flakes is the name of three films based on the serial novel of the same name by Jun ichirō Tanizaki. The third of these films, released in 1983, is the most famous. It was… … Wikipedia
List of novelists by nationality — Well known authors of novels, listed by country: See also : Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authorsAlbania*Ismail KadareAlgeria*Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913 ndash;1976) *Rachid Boudjedra (1914 ndash; )… … Wikipedia
Shinjū — (心中) means double suicide in Japanese, as in Shinjū ten no Amijima (Double Suicide at Amijima), written by the seventeenth century tragedist Chikamatsu Monzaemon for the puppet theatre ( bunraku and/or joruri theatre). Double suicides are the… … Wikipedia
TADE KU MUSHI — Tade ku mushi (1929; tr. Some Prefer Nettles, 1955), a novel by Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, explores the loveless marriage between protagonist Kaname and his wife, Misako. Each is reluctant to initiate divorce, and throughout the novel their… … Japanese literature and theater
TANIZAKI JUN’ICHIRO — (1886–1965) Tanizaki Jun’ichiro was the immensely popular author of such novels as Tade ku mushi (1929; tr. Some Prefer Nettles, 1955) and Sasameyuki (1943–48; tr. The Makioka Sisters, 1957). Although Tanizaki began writing in college, most of … Japanese literature and theater
