Vol. 3June 2026
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A Tale Told at a Sitting

一席話

泉鏡花 · Japanese

Kosuke, the idle younger son of a Kazusa farmer, clings to fading pride in his samurai ancestry while shirking the fields, and a single sitting brings…

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Kosuke, the idle younger son of a Kazusa farmer, clings to fading pride in his samurai ancestry while shirking the fields, and a single sitting brings out the full comedy and pathos of a wasted village life.

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泉鏡花

이즈미 교카(泉鏡花, 1873-1939)는 일본의 소설가이자 극작가입니다. 낭만주의와 탐미주의 경향을 띤 작품을 주로 썼으며, 대표작으로는 『양육된 아이(廓そだち)』, 『검은 벽(黒壁)』 등이 있습니다. 그의 작품은 환상적이고 기괴한 분위기, 여성에 대한 독특한 묘사로 특징지어집니다.

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