Kusamakura - Kusamakura

Japanese: 《草枕》 - くさまくら

…It was opened in the early Meiji period, and from the Taisho to Showa periods there were four or five hot spring inns, but now there is only one. Natsume Soseki's "Kusa Makura" is set here as a backdrop, and the building from that time is now the Soseki Museum. [Iwamoto Masanori]. …

From Natsume Soseki

…I Am a Cat caused an unexpected sensation, and the literary name of the author Soseki rose to prominence. That same year he wrote The Tower of London and The Journey of Despair in parallel with The Cat, and the following year he published Botchan and Kusamakura. His vigorous creative drive, which seemed to have been unleashed, made it difficult for him to balance his work as a university teacher with his work. So he made Thursdays visiting days for his students, mainly his former students Toyotaka Komiya, Sohei Morita, and Miekichi Suzuki, who came to his house out of adoration. …

From Millet

…In the year of his death, he became president of the Royal Academy. In Japan, his early representative work, Ophelia, was known for a long time, and was partly the inspiration for Natsume Soseki's Kusamakura. [Noriko Minato]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kusa Makura" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…明治初期に開かれ，大正～昭和にかけて4～5軒の温泉宿があったが，今は1軒だけとなった。夏目漱石の《草枕》はここを背景にしたもので，当時の建物は漱石館となっている。【岩本政教】。…

【夏目漱石】より

…《吾輩は猫である》は予想外の反響を呼び，作家漱石の文名があがった。この年《倫敦塔（ロンドンとう）》《薤露行（かいろこう）》を《猫》と並行して書き，翌年には《坊っちゃん》《草枕》を発表し，せきを切ったような旺盛な創作意欲は，大学教師との両立を困難にした。そして漱石を慕って家に出入りする小宮豊隆，森田草平，鈴木三重吉ら教え子を中心とする弟子たちのために木曜日を面会日とした。…