The Remaining Records of Tokyo Beetles
by Yin Minzhi
About This Novel
Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is the largest ancient bookstore street in the world. Since the Meiji period, there have been many bookstores here and the literary style has flourished. Since the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of Chinese people have come to Jimbocho to buy books. Among them are wealthy ministers of the Qing Dynasty and cash-strapped overseas students. They buy rare ancient books and new books. The author of this book has also traveled east to study in recent years. During his studies, he visited various bookstores in Tokyo and combined field investigation with the accumulation of historical materials to write this book. This book is both an interview with secretaries and a history of bookstores. It covers thirteen ancient bookstores, from Bunkudo Bookstore in the late Edo period to Mitsuwa Shobo in the Heisei era. It spans a century and a half and features various characters including scholars, booksellers, politicians, and writers. Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Wang Guowei, Iwanami Shigeo, Uchiyama Zenzo, Yoshikawa Kojiro... Their stories unfold against the background of these ancient bookstores.
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