Maihime

Name: Maihime
Author: Ogai Mori

by Ogai Mori

Tale of a dancer-turned-concubine caught between love and social obligation in Germany

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Ogai Mori

Military surgeon, novelist, and translator who introduced German Romanticism to Japan. His historical fiction and early autobiographical novels reflect the tensions between tradition and modernity in Meiji Japan.

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The Wild GooseNovella about a young intellectual's spiritual crisis and retreat from society
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Sancho DayuHistorical narrative about conflicting personal and political loyalties in Japan
The Incident at SakaiAccount of a climactic battle and its impact on Japanese feudal society