Kanichi Shrine - Kanichi Shrine

Japanese: 貫一お宮 - かんいちおみや
Kanichi Shrine - Kanichi Shrine

...This is Ozaki Koyo's lifetime full-length novel. It was serialized intermittently in the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper from 1897 (Meiji 30) to 1902. It was an unprecedentedly popular work, gradually published, performed, and spawned a popular song, making it a masterpiece that immortalized the author's name, even though it was left unfinished. The story is about a promising student, Hazama Kanichi, who is abandoned by his fiancée, Shigisawa Miya, for money, and turns to loan sharks to live a life obsessed with money. It directly confronts the destruction of humanity caused by money, an immortal theme of capitalist society, and seeks revival in the rediscovery of love. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kanichi Omiya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…尾崎紅葉の畢生(ひつせい)の長編小説。1897年(明治30)から1902年にかけて《読売新聞》に断続連載。空前の人気作で,漸次刊行され,上演もされて流行歌を生むなど,未完中絶ながら,作者の名を不朽にした名作である。金銭ゆえに許婚者の鴫沢宮(しぎさわみや)に捨てられた有為の学生間貫一(はざまかんいち)が,高利貸に身を落として金への妄執に生きるという物語で,資本主義社会の不滅の主題たる金銭の人間破壊を正面からとらえ,復活を愛の再発見に求めている。…

※「貫一お宮」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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