The Historical Fiction of Mori Ogai (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: Japanese Series)
by David A. Dilworth, J. Thomas Rimer
Category: Fiction

The fiction of Mori Ogai, written after the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912, secured his promiment place in modern Japanese literature. This collection of stories, set in the Tokugawa Period, provide a means for Ogai to deal with contemporary moral and philosophical values and themes.