遠き落日 上
Two historical works by Junichi Watanabe that received the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature. Toki Rakujitsu portrays the life of Hideyo Noguchi from his poor childhood in Aizu to his medical research career in the United States, combining scientific glory with human frailty. Nagasaki Roshia Yujo-kan is set in Nagasaki during the transition from the late Edo period to Meiji, depicting medicine, contact with foreigners, and the joys and sorrows of women in the licensed quarters through linked historical stories.
Work Information
Historical fiction that depicts passion for medicine and the dawn of a new age, including human weakness and desire.
Toki Rakujitsu is a biographical novel that presents Hideyo Noguchi not only as a hero but also as a conflicted figure marked by debt, dissipation, and attachment to fame. Nagasaki Roshia Yujo-kan is a collection of historical stories about anatomical experiment, medical illustration, and encounters with foreigners, portraying the passion and loneliness of people living in late Edo Nagasaki. Both works join medicine with history and capture the light and shadow of Japan's movement toward modernity at close range to their characters.
Book Information
- Publisher
- KADOKAWA
- Published
- 1979-01-01
- Pages
- 262 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784048722537
- ISBN-10
- 4048722530
- Price
- 1 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
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