Junichiro+Tanizaki

Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) His writing was popular during the reigns of three different emperors. He is best known for Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters). This was an account of an Osaka family that lived a tradition-bound way of life. It was the first major Japanese work of the post-world war II period. Tanizaki often wrote about women. Some of his themes were obsessive love, the destructive forces of sexuality, and the dual nature of women as goddess and demon.

Works: Sasameyuki (The Makioka Sisters) a modern Tale of Genji Perfer Nettles (1928) Quicksand (1928-30) The Key (1956) Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961) selected short stories of Seven Japanese Tales (translation 1963) The Gourmet Club (translation 2001) The Reed Cutter (1932) Captain Shigemoto's Mother (1949-50)