Setting Sun

A declining stage, a past culture, a long-lost elegy for the passing years! It is enough to arouse deep trembling and nostalgia-like feelings in the readers' hearts, and even allow them to peer into the abyss of human nature! "Setting Sun" can be called the Japanese version of "The Cherry Orchard". It uses notes, letters and other forms to describe the desolate scene of a declining aristocratic family. The work shows the declining social status of the descendants of the nobles after the war and the dilemma of losing their glory. It can also be said to be Dazai's elegy to the declining nobles.