Nengetsu no Ashioto is Kazuo Hirotsu's memoir of literary life across the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods. Including memories of his father Hirotsu Ryuro, Kyoka Izumi, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Koji Uno, and others, it portrays the scene of modern Japanese literature through autobiographical narration.

A literary memoir that traces people and eras of modern Japanese literature through the author's own life.