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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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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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