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House of Ogai Mori and Soseki Natsume
Sendagi Bunkyo-ku Tokyo,built in 1887


This is a typical middle-class residence of the time.


Image and text from the Meji Mura, http://www.meijimura.com/english/shisetsu/s009.html .

This semester I'm continuing my reading of Kokoro (the Aozora Bunko digital version) and am now in the third part - Sensei and his Testament. Just to get the setting straight, here's some dates. Natsume Soseki himself, lived from 1867 until 1916. The Meiji Emperor, who's death occurs in the second part of the novel, ruled from 1867 until 1912. Kokoro itself was written two yeas later in 1914.

Labels: kokoro, こころ