Key

Japanese: 《鍵》 - かぎ
Key

…Fifth, his postwar mature years. Starting with The Mother of Shosho Shigemoto (1949-50), which depicts the theme of maternal longing in the world of imperial court literature, he completed The Key (1956), which sparked a debate over whether it was art or obscenity, and The Diary of a Crazy Old Man (1961-62), which explored the conflict between old age and sex. In Jun'ichiro's works, two opposing types of woman, the mother and the villain, appear alternately, and he is a giant writer who has distinguished both sides of women and pursued the roots of the meaning of eroticism for humans to the fullest extent, even into old age. …

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Japanese:

…第5に,戦後の老熟期。王朝文学の世界を舞台に母性思慕の主題を描いた《少将滋幹(しげもと)の母》(1949‐50)に始まり,〈芸術かワイセツか〉という論争をひきおこした《鍵》(1956)を経て,〈老い〉と〈性〉との葛藤を追求しつくした《瘋癲(ふうてん)老人日記》(1961‐62)を完成する。潤一郎の作品には,〈母〉と〈悪女〉という対蹠的な二つのタイプが交互に登場してくるが,女性のその両面を見きわめ,人間にとってのエロティシズムの意味の根源を老境にいたるまで存分に追求した巨人的作家である。…

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