Futon (novel)

Futon

1981 edition
Author	Katai Tayama
Language	Japanese
Genre	I-Novel
Publisher	Shinshosetsu Journal
Publication date	1907
Publication place	Japan

Futon (蒲団, also translated "The Quilt") is a 1907 Japanese novel written by Katai Tayama, originally published in Shinshosetsu (新小説, translated "New novel") magazine. It is considered to be the first Japanese I-novel, a genre of semi-autobiographical confessional literature.^[1]