Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 206: Natsume Soseki and Sketches

【Yao Wang Poetry Meeting】 is a literary event jointly organized by the Akutagawa Prize and Haiku Association.

Not only was the most famous Akutagawa Prize winner of that year announced, but also the owner of Dassai, who proposed the life-style sketching method, was invited.

The purely objective expression of sentences brings new life to the dying haiku literature.

Many people came because of him, and were stunned when they saw Longchuan Che standing up.

"What is he doing up there?"

"He seems to know 'Dassai Ya-Owner'?"

Most of the people in the audience were shocked. Even Hongping, who was sitting at the podium, looked a little stunned.

If we were to ask who has the greatest reputation in the literary world recently, it would undoubtedly be the owner of Dassai, who created the "sketching method".

It allows many people to create sketch haiku, and at today's poetry meeting, the white poetry sticks almost covered the entire Mt. Takao.

Everyone thought that he was a 36-year-old seriously ill poet. Longchuan Che was too young and too unbelievable.

There is already evidence to support Master Hongping's statement that "forty years old determines one's rise and fall."

Masaoka Shiki once planned his life in this way. He kept writing before the age of 30, and after that he began to serialize literary theories such as "Essentials of Haiku", "Letter to the Poet", and "Haiku Buson".

If the owner of Dassai was a middle-aged man in his forties, it could be barely acceptable, but if it was an eighteen-year-old boy.

"Mr. Shirakawa, what does this mean?"

Standing on the podium were Taketo Shirakawa, Toru Ryukawa, and Natsuko Imamura.

This is because there will be an award ceremony for Natsuko Imamura and others, and the old monk was originally going to come, but this opportunity to show up was seized by Shirakawa Taketo, one of the founders of this event, and given to the owner of Dassai.

The niche haiku needs a representative, and no one is more suitable than the owner of Dassai.

"because of him"

"Should I pretend to be surprised later?" Shirakawa Taketo said in front, holding a golden pocket watch. The eldest lady stood with Ryukawa Toru and blinked.

She was one of the few people who knew that Ryukawa Toru was the owner of Dassai. At this moment, even her girlfriend who had just returned home was doing this in the audience.

The surprised expression of "How come my boyfriend and his girlfriend went on the stage while I was away for a while".

The boy and girl standing together had similar eyebrows and eyes. Long Chuan Che rolled his eyes and took two steps forward.

"I am Shiki."

Longchuan Che looked at the writers below with a smile, who had discussed his writing of "I Am a Cat" a few days ago.

"The cuckoo cries blood and is unbearable to hear."

First it was quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.

There was only the sound of breathing in the air.

"absurd!"

Someone sitting in the stands frowned and spoke.

Even when the facts are right in front of us, it is hard to believe.

Compared with literary laurels such as the Akutagawa Prize, the documentary value of Masaoka Shiki is too great.

Two literary essays revived haiku, and made them believe how easy it was to write it by Ryukawa Toru.

Even though Shirakawa Taketo just said, "Matsuo Basho used "Frogs leap in the ancient pond, the stillness transmits clear sounds" as the first note of his new tune to attack the Tanlin School, I watched Ryukawa-kun write "The Essentials of Haiku" on that thunderous and rainy night of April 3rd."

Even if someone vouches for it, most people still find it hard to believe.

Because they had just scolded Longchuan Tetsu some time ago, it was difficult for them to treat the person they admired the most as the person they hated equally.

Who is Ryukawa Tetsu?
He was a Japanese "famous thief" who contradicted his literary predecessors and even wrote "I am a Cat" to satirize the pedantic Japanese literati.

Who is the owner of Dassai?

Dare to be the first in the world and extend the life of haiku in the music industry.

The two simply cannot be put together.

Can you imagine that the good guy and the bad guy in a movie or TV show are the same person?
Anyway, most people present couldn't accept it.

"Why is that ridiculous?"

Ryukawa Toru looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the speaker was a professor of literature at Kyoto University.

Ryukawa Tetsu remembers that he once published an article on how much vitality the "sketching method" could bring to haiku.

At that time, he admired the owner of Dassai very much, but now it seems that he wants to skin him alive.

He liked the works of Dassai-ya-sensei, but was very dissatisfied with Ryukawa Toru's use of "I Am a Cat" to interfere with the literary world.

Everyone is trying to come up with new ideas, but you, Longchuan Che, actually set your sights on the intellectuals of the same class.

'You are so bold.'

The professor of literature from Kyoto just looked at him.

Ryukawa Tetsu came up under the name of 'Owner of Dassai', and it seemed that the atmosphere around him was chilled.

There was no warm applause when the girl came on stage, and most people just watched coldly.

The 'Owner of Dassai' can be anyone, but not Ryuukawa Toru who is being criticized by everyone.

“I’m talking to you guys.”

Ryukawa Toru shook his wrist and took the pocket watch from the somewhat embarrassed Shirakawa Taketo. The golden pocket watch symbolized the best literary work of the previous year, and Ryukawa Toru looked at the other party with some hesitation before putting it on.

"Would you mind?"

"what?"

“I don’t have a good reputation.”

"It's ok."

In full view of everyone, he grabbed Longchuan Che's wrist.

The boy smelled slightly of alcohol, and the young lady took his hand and took the pocket watch engraved with "Poppy".

The atmosphere was quiet when the audience should have been applauding. This also shows the extent to which Longchuan Tetsu was not accepted at that time.

He fooled everyone by releasing the information that Zigui was 36 years old. When everyone was praising him, he wrote an article titled "I am a Cat" to mock and ridicule the pedantry of contemporary literati.

No one likes such a writer, even if he
"It's a pity that Haiku has you."

A scholar laughed sarcastically.

They gradually accepted the fact that Ryukawa Toru was the owner of Dassai-ya, but they had many complaints about Ryukawa Toru himself.

He didn't get angry after being told off. Ryukawa Toru watched Imamura Natsuko walk away, then looked at the people in the room.

It seemed that I had embarked on a somewhat peculiar path. Not only had I deviated from mainstream literature, but even my unpublished works were looked down upon by these people.

"That's why today's scholars are pedantic and rigid. If it weren't for Mr. Shirakawa's invitation, I really wouldn't want to deal with you old guys who only watch for fun."

The young man, who smelled a little drunk, scratched the itchy spot on his forehead and said with a soft sigh, causing the entire hall to become dead silent.

In the dead silent hall, Ryukawa Toru winked at Takeda Shinki who was closest to him.

At this moment, the general manager of the conference society looked at him with horror, as if he suspected that he was drunk and talking nonsense.

Longchuan Che not only wrote a book to curse, but also said it directly in front of all the literati present.

Japanese writers are pedantic and have made no progress. I, Longchuan Che, am ashamed to be associated with you.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Everyone's expressions first turned red, then a purple tide of blood surged up, and their faces were filled with anger.

Longchuan Che showed signs of being attacked by the crowd, so Hongping frowned, stood up and scolded him harshly.

"Let's talk about haiku. I admit that you have made great contributions to poetry and haiku."

The old monk frowned and looked around. Since he spoke first, the scholars were all gritting their teeth, but no one stood up and accused them immediately.

"But it's just a novel."

The old monk was interrupted by Longchuan Che with a wave of his hand before he could finish his words.

"How many people have read The Essentials of Haiku?"

It is difficult to describe the boy's expression at this moment.

Frowning, looking down, cold face.

He was the one who scolded everyone, but he seemed to be angrier than anyone else.

Some people were confused, but led by one or two people, everyone present raised their hands.

Whether you like Ryukawa Toru or not, his status in haiku is too high.

"How many of you have read the original version of I Am a Cat?"

Long Chuan Che said sternly.

He is obviously a young man.

But after drinking the sake, he seemed to have a majestic aura.

The momentum comes from Shigui, who died crying blood at the age of 36, and from his close friend Natsume Soseki, who helped him incorporate sketching into his novel writing.

The two worked together to create and perfect the method of sketching.

The national-level great writer looked coldly at the group of writers who criticized his works.

The life-style sketching method is not only a gift to haiku writers, but also a way of writing that he taught to the Japanese literary world.

"They are all sour scholars and corrupt scholars."

I don’t know whether it was Natsume Soseki, who “looked at life through cat’s eyes and laughed at the world’s affairs,” or Ryukawa Toru himself.

The young man said coldly.

“The sketching method is “I am a cat”.
"I am a Cat" is a sketching method.

It’s been so long and I still haven’t noticed it.”

The young man's voice was flat, but someone in the corner crushed the wine cup.

Ichiro Obi, whose literary talent was cut off, looked at Ryukawa Toru with pale lips, an expression that had never appeared on his face even when he knew that Ryukawa Toru was "Shiki".

"This is impossible!"

The middle-aged scholar's voice was torn, like that of an evil spirit.

(End of this chapter)