The Makioka Sisters Summary
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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The Makioka Sisters Summary

The Makioka Sisters is the story of four sisters in a wealthy Japanese merchant family that is in declining fortune in the years leading up to World War II. The novel focuses on the viewpoint of Sachiko, the second oldest sister, who with her husband Teinosuke play an increasingly important role in the family's affairs as the oldest sister Tsuruko and her husband, Tatsuo the head of the "main house" of...

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Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) was a Japanese novelist, essayist, and playwright known for his stylistic virtuosity and depiction of unusual psychological situations.Junichiro Tanizaki, born in Tokyo,... Read more

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During a career that extended for more than half a century, from the end of the Meiji era in 1912 to the high-growth era of the 1960s, the novelist Tanizaki Jun'ichir was a champion of the imagination... Read more

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