Timeline
Lifetime:
1868 -
1927
Passed: ≈
97 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Kenjiro Tokutomi
Books by Kenjiro Tokutomi
Nami-ko
Romance
Drama
Family
Marriage
Tradition
Modernity
Divorce
Japanese literature
Meiji Restoration
Tuberculosis
Nami-ko, a young woman from a noble Japanese family, is happily married to Takeo, a naval officer. However, tragedy strikes when Nami-ko contracts tuberculosis. Takeo's mother, fearing for the family line, sends Nami-ko back to her family, effectivel...