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

Chapter 291 Tanizaki Junichiro Award
Junichiro Tanizaki.

The most famous Japanese creator of the early 19th century.

His representative works include "Spring Copying the Lute" and "Qinhuai Night". He calls his literary form "demonism".

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times and spent eight years translating The Tale of Genji into modern language.

After returning from the meal, Ryukawa Toru began to read the biography of Tanizaki Junichiro.

The life of this most famous Japanese creator in the early 20th century can be described as magnificent.

As soon as he debuted, he was favored by Nagai Kafu, the founder of Japanese aestheticism. His early novels "Tattoo" and "Qilin" were praised for opening up a field that had never been explored in Japanese literary world. Later, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He is an international representative of Japanese literature and Japanese culture.

"Still not asleep?"

When Longchuan Che was looking through the information, a girl's silhouette appeared at the door. Looking at the flat outline, Longchuan Che raised his eyebrows.

"Is something wrong?"

Now, one of the few people willing to communicate with Ryukawa Toru is only Miss Imamura.

It's very strange, as the two are clearly in direct competition.

"Can I come in?"

The girl's voice was soft, and Longchuan Che could see that her silhouette was slender and thin.

"Let's wait until after we get married to plan for overnight stays." Looking lazily at the information in his hand, Longchuan Che refused.

"Can't you be serious?"

The girl's voice seemed a little helpless. After a while, Longchuan Che got up and opened the paper door.

The young lady seemed to have taken a bath, there was a little moisture on her slender neck, and her hair was tied up with a simple hairpin.

"Well, are they all clean?"

Longchuan Che raised his eyebrows and moved aside to let the girl in before she got angry.

"If I didn't know you were joking, I would consider sewing your mouth shut."

The eldest lady looked very calm, and she didn't get angry or embarrassed because of Long Chuanche's talk.

She sat down next to Longchuan Tetsu's table and looked at Longchuan Tetsu who went to pour water.

"so what?"

"What so?"

“The award.”

"Tanizaki Junichiro?"

"Ah."

The eldest lady probably meant whether she would participate.

Longchuan Che drank the poured water in one gulp, then poured another glass for the eldest lady.

"talk later."

Ryukawa Toru muttered.

The purpose of the Tanizaki Junichiro Award is to encourage outstanding writers who have made outstanding contributions to Japanese culture.

This is not a newcomer award, but an award for outstanding creations by already famous core authors.

At this sensitive time, if Ryukawa Toru is eliminated from this award, he will not be able to say anything that represents Japanese culture.

"Junichiro Tanizaki began translating The Tale of Genji at the age of 55 and was awarded the Order of Culture at the age of 63."

Natsuko Imamura looked at Toru Ryukawa and sighed.

"Look at yourself again, Ryukawa Tetsu."

Tanizaki Junichiro half a century ago, and Ryukawa Toru half a century later.

Although both are known as literati who can represent Japanese culture, their paths seem to be completely different.

The eldest lady's words were full of the meaning of persuading Longchuan Che to turn back, so Longchuan Che stood up and locked the door.

"If you keep talking too much, we'll have sex tonight."

Longchuan Tetsu's words sounded like a joke, but the young lady pursed her lips very obediently. This girl has some strange skills. Longchuan Tetsu looked at Imamura Natsuko who immediately stopped talking and raised his eyebrows.

"What about you? Will you participate?"

Looking through the submission information of Tanizaki Junichiro that he had just taken from Akechi Susumu, Ryukawa Toru discovered that Japanese writers of the older generation such as Kaga Yufu, Mishima Tsukasa, and Akechi Susumu would all participate.

The magnificent lineup includes almost all the winners of the Akutagawa Prize in each year. Ryukawa Toru looked at Natsuko Imamura, who had just won Japan's highest literary honor this year.

It is difficult to make an evaluation on literature. There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Every era has its limitations, but Tanizaki Junichiro specifically aimed to select outstanding inheritors of Japanese culture. Ryukawa Toru is sure that even if he does not participate, the final winning work of this award will be compared with "Snow Country".

Although he is very confident about "Snow Country", Toru Ryukawa is not sure whether one or two outstanding works will emerge from this grand gathering of top Japanese writers.

Natsuko Imamura stared at Toru Ryukawa calmly and had no intention of speaking.

Longchuan Che thought about it.

"We can sleep together even if we don't talk."

"Go to hell you."

Natsuko Imamura glared in anger. This was the first time that Ryukawa Toru saw her swear.

Being with Ryukawa Tetsu gave her the illusion that no one could be so bad. After thinking for a while, Natsuko Imamura said:

"Not participating."

An expression that said "you must be scared" appeared in Longchuan Tetsu's eyes, and the eldest lady rolled her eyes.

"Submissions for the Tanizaki Junichiro Award will start in three days and end in early June. Except for veteran writers who have already prepared, few can complete their work in such a short time."

The Tanizaki Junichiro Prize is not limited to the newness or oldness of the work; as long as it writes about Japanese culture to a certain extent, it can be submitted.

Submit your work in fourteen days and get the reviews in half a month.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Writers Association were really scared this time by Ryukawa Toru's move.

Because of class literature, the Japanese literary world has somewhat neglected the expression of traditional beauty.

"Slit Tongue" and "Almost Infinitely Transparent Blue".

There are very few people who can write with the traditional Japanese aesthetics like "Harushou Koto".

After much difficulty, a man named Longchuan Che emerged, but he surrendered to the enemy.

“Although it’s a bit unexpected, Mr. Ono’s wish for Japan’s literary world to no longer be dominated by one company seems to have been achieved.”

Ryukawa Toru was a little dazed as he watched Tanizaki Junichiro's introduction.

He also spent a lot of effort to promote the development of the New Sensationalism.

but…

"A good man's thousands of trials are not as good as a bad man's casual actions."

Long Chuan Che sighed.

I didn't expect that all it took to bring new life to the Japanese literary world was for me to defect and leave.

"It's a matter of time and not just because of you."

Ryukawa Toru was changing pens and notebooks, preparing to grade the works for the Group Portrait Award, and Imamura Natsuko spoke the truth.

“The soil for the existence of class literature is the suffering of the masses, the seeds of resistance born from dissatisfaction.”

“Now that militarism has failed and the impact of the economic bubble is about to fade, it is natural that a new literature needs to be born.”

Natsuko Imamura also found the establishment of the Tanizaki Junichiro Award somewhat incredulous.

"From this perspective, you have done a good thing."

What Ryukawa Tetsu did undoubtedly accelerated the changes in literature. In the future, if the alternation between old and new literature is advanced, Ryukawa Tetsu's betrayal may be an unavoidable shadow.

"What a notorious reputation."

The bad reputation is no less than that of Akechi Mitsuhide's betrayal, Ryukawa Toru thought about it.

"Can you help me contact the outside world, so that someone can go to Tanizaki Junichiro's site to submit the work?"

The Tanizaki Junichiro Award may be the highest literary event in Japan this year. Natsuko Imamura looked at Toru Ryukawa with some suspicion.

(End of this chapter)