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Introduction 1

diary entries and letters

Edward Seidensticker on His First Meeting with

Seidensticker on Tanizaki’s death, and

My Busy Day in Kyoto with Mrs. Tanizaki and

My Account of the Observance of the

Seidensticker’s Account of the Observance of the

My Account of an Evening at the Disco with

My Account of Dinner with Tanizaki Matsuko

Tanizaki Jun’ichirō and Matsuko, 1954 9

His Condolence Call, 1965 9

Seidensticker on Tanizaki’s Wake, 1965 12

Seidensticker on Tanizaki’s Funeral, 1965 13

My First Meeting with Tanizaki Matsuko, 1971 14

Her Sister, 1971 18

Seventh Anniversary of Tanizaki’s Death, 1971 23

Seventh Anniversary of Tanizaki’s Death, 1971 29

I Visit Mrs. Tanizaki’s house in Yugawara, 1973 and 1977 30

Mrs. Tanizaki, 1980 31

My Birthday Dinner, July 1, 1980 34

and Ichida Yae, 1983 34

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interview notes: with additional diary entries and excerpts from letters

Tanizaki’s Life and Personality 37

Marriages 44

On World War II 49

Fears 50

Religion 51

Old Age 53

Tanizaki’s Habits and Tastes 55

Food and Drink 60

Pastimes 62

Tanizaki’s Works 64

Sorrows of a Heretic (『異端者の悲しみ』, 1917) 65

The Plays 65

Naomi (『痴人の愛』, 1925) 67

Arrowroot (『吉野葛』1931) 68

The Makioka Sisters (『細雪』1943-48) 70

A Record of Cruelty (『残虐記』1958) 73

Seven Japanese Tales 73

The Nobel Prize 74

Critics 74

Comments on Theater 74

Comments on Other Writers 78

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) 78

Shimazaki Tōson (島崎藤村, 1872–1943) 78

Izumi Kyōka (泉鏡花, 1873–1939) 79

Nagai Kafū (永井荷風, 1879–1959) 79

Kawabata Yasunari (川端康成, 1899–1972) 80

Shiga Naoya (志賀直哉, 1883–1971) 80

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Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫, 1925–1970), Natsume Sōseki (夏目漱石, 1867–1916), Mori Ōgai (森鷗外,1862-1922),

Nagai Tatsuo (永井龍男, 1904–1990) and Novels by

An Evening with Mrs. Tanizaki’s Fan Club

Dinner with Mrs. Tanizaki at Azusa (梓)

and Kōda Rohan (幸田露伴, 1867–1947) 81

Maruya Saiichi (丸谷才一, 1925–2012) 82

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) 82

Yosano Akiko (与謝野晶子, 1878–1942) 82

Uno Chiyo (宇野千代, 1897–1996) 83

Tawara Machi (俵万智, b. 1962) 83

Tanizaki Matsuko 83

and other dinners, 1985 91

in Akasaka, 1986 93

Mrs. Tanizaki’s Birthday Dinner, 1986 94

Tanizaki Shūhei 98

Takeda Ayuko 100

References 103

Illustrations follow page 102