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| Author | Natsume Sōseki |
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| Original title | Kokoro: Sensei no isho |
| Language | Japanese |
| Publisher | Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) Iwanami Shoten (book) |
Publication date | 1914 |
| Publication place | Japan |
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| Preceded by | The Wayfarer |
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).[1] 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.
Kokoro was first published in serial form in the newspaper Asahi Shimbun.[2] Along with Osamu Dazai's 1948 No Longer Human, Kokoro is one of the best-selling novels of all time in Japan.[3][4]
- ^ Bourdaghs, Michael K. (2021). A Fictional Commons: Natsume Soseki and the Properties of Modern Literature. Duke University Press. ISBN 9781478014621.
- ^ Flanagan, Damian (2007). "Introduction". Kokoro. Peter Owen. ISBN 9780720612974.
- ^ "｢夏目漱石｣の真実をどれだけ知っていますか". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
新潮文庫の『こころ』の発行部数は718万部。新潮文庫の漱石作品17冊の合計は3020万部を超える
- ^ "太宰治『人間失格』が韓国で100刷突破 出版社も「理由はミステリー」、なぜ人気？：朝日新聞GLOBE＋". 朝日新聞GLOBE＋ (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 October 2022.
『人間失格』は夏目漱石の『こころ』と共に日本で最も売れている小説で、そのことは韓国でもある程度知られている。