Kokoro
Kokoro (こゝろ, or in modern kana usage こころ) is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912). Set in the Meiji era, the novel tells of the acquaintance between a young man and an older man called "Sensei" ("teacher" or "master"), who holds a secret from his past regarding the death of a friend.
| Author | Natsume Sōseki |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kokoro: Sensei no isho |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Publisher | Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) Iwanami Shoten (book) |
Publication date | 1914 |
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| Preceded by | The Wayfarer |
Kokoro was first published in serial form in the newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Along with Osamu Dazai's 1948 No Longer Human, Kokoro is one of the best-selling novels of all time in Japan.
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