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OverviewShunkin was born into the Mozuya merchant house in nineteenth-century Osaka, and blinded by illness as a child. As she grew into mastery of the koto and shamisen, she became the teacher of Sasuke, her family's devoted servant. What followed between them - across decades of music, discipline, silence, and submission - could barely be called a love story in any ordinary sense. Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's 1933 novella unfolds as a reading of a fragmentary memorial text, its narrator piecing together a life from biographical scraps, uncertain traditions, and quietly unreliable testimony. What emerges is a portrait of two people whose bond exceeded what language could hold - and of a devotion so absolute it crossed into something neither wholly painful nor wholly beautiful. One of the masterworks of modern Japanese prose. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Yuko Yamashita , Jun'ichiro TanizakiPublisher: Independently Published Imprint: Independently Published Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.091kg ISBN: 9798195573607Pages: 84 Publication Date: 05 May 2026 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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