Major General Ziqian's Mother: Diary of a Crazy Old Man

"Major General Nogikan's Mother" weaves an anecdote from the Heian period using historical research techniques. It has a strong classical flavor and is considered to be the synthesis and highest crystallization of all elements of Tanizaki literature. "Diary of a Mad Old Man" is Tanizaki's masterpiece in his later years. It shows the erotic world of the elderly in the form of a diary. It is a representative work of the demonic aesthetic style in the early days of Tanizaki's return.