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Kokoro
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is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912). Set in the Meiji era, the novel tells of the acquaintance between a young man and an older man called "Sensei" ("teacher" or "master"), who holds a secret from his past regarding the death of a friend.
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- Author
- 夏目漱石
- First published
- 1914
- Editions
- 84
- Subjects
- Translations into English, Fiction, Japan, Social conditions, Roman japonais, Traductions anglaises, Fiction, short stories (single author), Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author)
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Kokoro
- Book.title_orig
- Kokoro: Sensei no isho
- Book.image
- Kokoro01.jpg
- Book.caption
- English version front cover
- Book.author
- Natsume Sōseki
- Book.country
- Japan
- Book.language
- Japanese
- Book.publisher
- Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)Iwanami Shoten (book)
- Book.release_date
- 1914
- Book.english_pub_date
- 1941
- Book.media_type
- Book.preceded_by
- The Wayfarer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Natsume Sōseki
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Follows
- The Wayfarer
- Narrative location
- Tokyo
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- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- こゝろ
- publication date
- 1914-00-00
- inception
- 1914-00-00
- language of work or name
- Japanese
- first line
- 私はその人を常に先生と呼んでいた。
- last line
- 妻が己れの過去に対してもつ記憶を、なるべく純白に保存しておいてやりたいのが私の唯一の希望なのですから、私が死んだ後でも、妻が生きている以上は、あなた限りに打ち明けられた私の秘密として、すべてを腹の中にしまっておいて下さい。
- form of creative work
- novel
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Background
- Circumstance
- Title
- Structure
- Plot
- Part I: "Sensei and I"
- Part II: "My Parents and I"
- Part III: "Sensei's Testament"
- Themes
- English translations
- Adaptations
- Notes
- References
- External links
is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912). Set in the Meiji era, the novel tells of the acquaintance between a young man and an older man called "Sensei" ("teacher" or "master"), who holds a secret from his past regarding the death of a friend.
Kokoro was first published in serial form in the newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Along with Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (1948), Kokoro is one of the best-selling novels of all time in Japan.
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