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Remembering Tanizaki Jun’ichiro and Matsuko: Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters, 1954-1989 Anthony H. Chambers https://www.press.umich.edu/9701749/remembering_tanizaki_junichiro_and_matsuko University of Michigan Press, 2017
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Introduction 1
diary entries and letters
Edward Seidensticker on His First Meeting with
Seidensticker on Tanizaki’s death, and
My Busy Day in Kyoto with Mrs. Tanizaki and
My Account of the Observance of the
Seidensticker’s Account of the Observance of the
My Account of an Evening at the Disco with
My Account of Dinner with Tanizaki Matsuko
Tanizaki Jun’ichirō and Matsuko, 1954 9
His Condolence Call, 1965 9
Seidensticker on Tanizaki’s Wake, 1965 12
Seidensticker on Tanizaki’s Funeral, 1965 13
My First Meeting with Tanizaki Matsuko, 1971 14
Her Sister, 1971 18
Seventh Anniversary of Tanizaki’s Death, 1971 23
Seventh Anniversary of Tanizaki’s Death, 1971 29
I Visit Mrs. Tanizaki’s house in Yugawara, 1973 and 1977 30
Mrs. Tanizaki, 1980 31
My Birthday Dinner, July 1, 1980 34
and Ichida Yae, 1983 34
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Remembering Tanizaki Jun’ichiro and Matsuko: Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters, 1954-1989 Anthony H. Chambers https://www.press.umich.edu/9701749/remembering_tanizaki_junichiro_and_matsuko University of Michigan Press, 2017
interview notes: with additional diary entries and excerpts from letters
Tanizaki’s Life and Personality 37
Marriages 44
On World War II 49
Fears 50
Religion 51
Old Age 53
Tanizaki’s Habits and Tastes 55
Food and Drink 60
Pastimes 62
Tanizaki’s Works 64
Sorrows of a Heretic (『異端者の悲しみ』, 1917) 65
The Plays 65
Naomi (『痴人の愛』, 1925) 67
Arrowroot (『吉野葛』1931) 68
The Makioka Sisters (『細雪』1943-48) 70
A Record of Cruelty (『残虐記』1958) 73
Seven Japanese Tales 73
The Nobel Prize 74
Critics 74
Comments on Theater 74
Comments on Other Writers 78
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) 78
Shimazaki Tōson (島崎藤村, 1872–1943) 78
Izumi Kyōka (泉鏡花, 1873–1939) 79
Nagai Kafū (永井荷風, 1879–1959) 79
Kawabata Yasunari (川端康成, 1899–1972) 80
Shiga Naoya (志賀直哉, 1883–1971) 80
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Remembering Tanizaki Jun’ichiro and Matsuko: Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters, 1954-1989 Anthony H. Chambers https://www.press.umich.edu/9701749/remembering_tanizaki_junichiro_and_matsuko University of Michigan Press, 2017
Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫, 1925–1970), Natsume Sōseki (夏目漱石, 1867–1916), Mori Ōgai (森鷗外,1862-1922),
Nagai Tatsuo (永井龍男, 1904–1990) and Novels by
An Evening with Mrs. Tanizaki’s Fan Club
Dinner with Mrs. Tanizaki at Azusa (梓)
and Kōda Rohan (幸田露伴, 1867–1947) 81
Maruya Saiichi (丸谷才一, 1925–2012) 82
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) 82
Yosano Akiko (与謝野晶子, 1878–1942) 82
Uno Chiyo (宇野千代, 1897–1996) 83
Tawara Machi (俵万智, b. 1962) 83
Tanizaki Matsuko 83
and other dinners, 1985 91
in Akasaka, 1986 93
Mrs. Tanizaki’s Birthday Dinner, 1986 94
Tanizaki Shūhei 98
Takeda Ayuko 100
References 103
Illustrations follow page 102