Kairo-kō

Kairo-kō: A Dirge (薤露行, Kairo-kō) is a 1905 novel by the Japanese author Natsume Sōseki. The earliest, and only major, prose treatment of the Arthurian legend in Japanese, it chronicles the adulterous love triangle between Lancelot, Guinevere, and Elaine of Astolat.

Kairo-kō: A Dirge
AuthorNatsume Sōseki
Original title薤露行
TranslatorsToshiyuki Takamiya and Andrew Armour
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
GenreArthurian, fantasy
Publication date
1905
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