Before and after the Plum Rain

About This Novel

"Before and After the Plum Rain" is a collection of classic novels by the Japanese aestheticist writer Karika Nagai, including "Before and After the Plum Rain", "Sunset Glow at the Willow Window", "Flower in the Shade", "Some Night", "Yokokan" and other representative novels. The historical novel "Sunset Glow at the Scattered Willow Window" was written in 1913 and was originally titled "The Death of a Popular Novelist". It describes the decline and decline of the famous Edo period popular novelist Yanahutei Tanehiko due to the severe cultural policies of the Tenpo Reform in the Edo period. The novella "Before and After the Plum Rain" of the same name describes the degenerate life of a cafe waitress Kimie from the countryside to the city in Ginza, a busy city in Tokyo, Japan, where the west wind blows from the east. It is one of Nagai Kafeng's masterpieces in his mature creative period. Beauty and retro have become his unique aesthetic style. "The Flower of the Shade" also reflects the mentality of private prostitution. Unlike Junichiro Tanizaki who was keen to oppose the repression of sex and love by feudal ethics through female beauty and sensual beauty, Karika Nagai was better at ridiculing and criticizing the superficial Westernization of Japan after the Meiji Restoration by describing the world's customs. Karika Nagai pays attention to the female group, especially those lower class characters struggling in the quagmire of fate. They represent the slowly disappearing Edo style. His works reveal the hedonistic thoughts of grasping the present and experiencing joy. They also reflect the author's pursuit of truth in the Japanese social situation at that time, and his unique rebellious style of commemorating Edo customs to resist the hypocrisy of society.

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