I forgot to post on the blog!! My mind has already been in the winter vacation xp
It is so cold, isn't it?
I know a right book in winter. The book is The Makioka Sisters written by Junichiro Tanizaki.
It is so famous and called Sasameyuki in Japan and it means light snow.
In the novel, there are four beautiful sisters and their family.
It is a good old family and we can know how the people in the Meiji Era lived. They always kept up appearances. For example, when Yukiko, the third daughter received an offer of marriage, she dislike the man but she couldnot decline the offer easily, because the impression of her on the society might get bad. They managed to keep the impression of the main branch of their family good.
Getting along well with neighbors were thought to be important to live in old Japan. Now, we have many lifestyles and don't have to mind the society like old people.
I like the book very much, because the mood is beautiful and lively. I think you should read it in Japanese to enjoy the mood fully. It is because the expression of the all scenes are so beautiful and we must find the beauty of Japanese, the language. Then, the characters are from Osaka and they speak in the dialect called Osakaben. I like the expressions peculiar to Osakaben.
Then, I am interested in the movie now! The novel was made into a movie and judging from the amazon site, the movie is also good!
Have you ever watched it or read it? ...Or do you know any other good novel?
I am going to read many books in the winter vacation. (Now, I am reading "Crime and Punishment" written by Dostoyevsky. The story is very crazy and my mind may get to be crazy!)
Hoh
It is so cold, isn't it?
I know a right book in winter. The book is The Makioka Sisters written by Junichiro Tanizaki.
It is so famous and called Sasameyuki in Japan and it means light snow.
In the novel, there are four beautiful sisters and their family.
It is a good old family and we can know how the people in the Meiji Era lived. They always kept up appearances. For example, when Yukiko, the third daughter received an offer of marriage, she dislike the man but she couldnot decline the offer easily, because the impression of her on the society might get bad. They managed to keep the impression of the main branch of their family good.
Getting along well with neighbors were thought to be important to live in old Japan. Now, we have many lifestyles and don't have to mind the society like old people.
I like the book very much, because the mood is beautiful and lively. I think you should read it in Japanese to enjoy the mood fully. It is because the expression of the all scenes are so beautiful and we must find the beauty of Japanese, the language. Then, the characters are from Osaka and they speak in the dialect called Osakaben. I like the expressions peculiar to Osakaben.
Then, I am interested in the movie now! The novel was made into a movie and judging from the amazon site, the movie is also good!
Have you ever watched it or read it? ...Or do you know any other good novel?
I am going to read many books in the winter vacation. (Now, I am reading "Crime and Punishment" written by Dostoyevsky. The story is very crazy and my mind may get to be crazy!)
Hoh
I would like to read this book in spring vacation, because I have to prepare the exam following the winter vacation.
ReplyDeleteI think it is useful to learn old era through books and movies. There are important custom which we forgot in that era, but also there are bad custom which we need to improve.
Motoki
I haven`t read the book but would like it because I`m really interested in knowing culture of Meiji Era in Japan. I enjoyed studying about Meiji Era when I was taking Japanese history class at high school. Recently I haven`t read nice literature..
ReplyDeleteIt`s really interesting for me to know culture and system of society through old books :)
Asami
Hi Hoh,
ReplyDeleteI read this book (in English transition) a long time ago, but now that you introduced it, I think I should read it again. Thanks for the movie information - I didn't know about the movie version of this story. Let me know if you watch it.
I watched (for the second time) Youkame no semi. It is good! Please check it out.
Ms. MacGregor