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"Crazy Love" is Tanizaki Junichiro's masterpiece, a watershed in his creative career, and an immortal literary classic. Twenty-eight-year-old Kawai Joeji adopted the fifteen-year-old girl Naomi with the intention of training her into a "great" and "amazing" woman. However, Naomi is vain, arrogant and romantic, and hides scheming under her innocent appearance. Kawai is bewitched by her charming appearance, and after meeting her needs at all costs, he vows to become her slave and let her control her. Because of love, you will endure a lot of humiliation that you could not imagine before.

This book is the most famous novella by Japanese aesthetic master Junichiro Tanizaki. Chunqin, the daughter of an Osaka medicine merchant, was blind since she was a child. She is beautiful, intelligent, and extremely talented, and she shows amazing talent in music. Sasuke, a young man who came to her house as an apprentice, admired her. While serving her wholeheartedly, he also secretly learned shamisen, and the two became half master-servant, half master-student relationship. After establishing his own business, Chunqin was disfigured due to the jealousy of others, and Sasuke stabbed himself in the eyes. The two of them went deep into the unknown world of the two. "Yoshino Kudzu" is a novella based on the local historical legend of Yoshino. It is both fictional and factual, and is very interesting. "I" was preparing to write a historical novel set in Yoshino, and came to Yoshino to collect information, but it led to "my" friend Tsumura's longing for the past of his mother who died young, and a beautiful marriage was formed.

Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature and one of the representative writers of modern Japanese literature, takes you to explore the ten thousand possibilities of marriage life; Yukio Mishima recommends Junichiro Tanizaki to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature with this book, and the famous writer Yu Dafu fully recommends it; the intimate relationship that gradually grows apart but cannot be separated, ponders the meaning of marriage and husband and wife. This book is a novel by the Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki. It tells the story of the couple Kaname Shiba and Misako, who seem to be inseparable but are inseparable from each other, from the conception to the confirmation of divorce. In the seemingly harmonious relationship between husband and wife, separation is a foregone conclusion, but the bond continues. Both of them have other partners, but neither of them wants to take the initiative to end their marriage. Shiba has to go to the Eurasian mixed-race girl Louise from time to time, and has an affair with his father-in-law's young female companion Aku; Misako and her lover A once meet regularly, making preparations to stay together for a long time - the couple is drifting apart but they still have expectations for each other. They waited, speculated and tested each other, were worried about the impact of divorce on their young son, and were worried about their life after divorce. The two actually reached a contract and "adopted a gradual method that was difficult for even themselves to detect to achieve the purpose of separation."

"Night at Qinhuai" is a collection of prose essays written by Junichiro Tanizaki after he visited China twice in 1918 and 1926. The book describes in detail the customs and customs of the Jiangnan water town, the characteristics of Chinese drama and cuisine, as well as the details of interactions with Shanghai new literature writers such as Tian Han. It is a first-hand material that shows the style of contemporary China and understands the history of Sino-Japanese literary exchanges.

"Wen Shu Chao" is a collection of short stories written by Junichiro Tanizaki during his artistic maturity. "Wen Shusho" takes the decline of the Toyotomi family as the background, and through a blind mage's narration of Ishida Mitsunari's daughter, it outlines for readers the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nephew and adopted son - Toyotomi Hideji. According to legend, he was bloodthirsty, violent and cruel, and was known as "Kuan Bai". His life experience is like a gorgeous but cruel picture of hell. The work depicts the beauty of women through the perspective of a blind mage, relying only on smell and touch, which is also a characteristic of Tanizaki's works. In addition to the title "Wen Shu Chao", this book also includes three works: "Three Masters", "The Case of the Lacquer Miner of Kii Province Possessed by a Fox", and "The Case of the Man Who Became a Tengu in the Sea".

This book includes: "Blind Story" and "Tattoo". "Blind Story" is one of Tanizaki Junichiro's representative works in the period of returning to classical tradition. Through the 66-year-old blind masseuse Yaichi, he recalls the history of his thirteen years of serving Oda Nobunaga's sister, Mrs. Aichi, and proposes that "erotica is the driving force that shakes history." Yaichi believes that even a hero like Toyotomi Hideyoshi has no different inner thoughts from an ordinary person like him. They both admire Mrs. Yachi's unparalleled beauty. The world view of this work is clearly stated at the beginning of "Tattoo" - "Those with beautiful appearance are considered strong, and those with ugly appearance are considered weak." In order to become a strong person, "tattoos" as a symbol of beauty are indispensable. This short story was not only highly appreciated by Karika Nagai, but also allowed Tanizaki to enter the literary world as a new writer. It also announced the birth of Tanizaki aesthetics!

"Dream of the Floating Bridge" depicts the protagonist Jiu'er's strange attachment to his mother, or to his mother's breasts. The scene of sucking on the breast of my birth mother as a toddler is unforgettable. After his biological mother passed away and his father married another woman, Jiu'er showed no affection towards his stepmother. Even when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he often sucked his stepmother's breasts. My father also turned a blind eye. It wasn't until his stepmother gave birth to a baby but was sent away that Jiu'er began to realize the inappropriateness of his relationship with the wet nurse. The baby may be the child of the stepmother and Jiu'er. This incestuous relationship became the talk of the neighborhood for a while. Later, his father and stepmother died one after another, and Jiu'er went to find the baby and raise it alone.

"Major General Nogi's Mother" is a classic collection of novels by Junichiro Tanizaki, a representative writer of Japanese aestheticism. It includes "Major General Nogi's Mother", "Fumiko's Feet", "Blue Flower", "On the Road", "A Lock of Hair" and other representative short stories and short stories. Among them, the famous story of the same name "The Mother of Major General Nogikan" was written in 1949. It is based on classic ancient books such as "The Tale of Genji", "The Tale of the Past" and "The Tale of Yamato". It weaves a magnificent legend of the Heian period with a strong classical flavor. It was highly praised by Japanese literary critics as "the synthesis and the highest crystallization of all Tanizaki's elements". Talking about this article, Tanizaki said, "I hope not to offend the dignity of historical facts as much as possible, and at the same time fill in the shortcomings of the record, so as to expand my own world." The world of Tanizaki's novels is full of absurdity and weirdness, seeking beauty in ugliness, affirming goodness in praise, and thinking about the meaning of survival in death. Whether it is the world of beautiful snow that expresses his demonic "ugliness as beauty" or the oriental culture that pursues Japanese classical traditional beauty, Junichiro Tanizaki's works are permeated with a strong sense of human emotions and psychology. Yukio Mishima once evaluated Tanizaki Junichiro's works as "the peonies blooming brilliantly against the gloomy background of naturalistic literature".

This book contains two representative novels "The Five-Storied Pagoda" and "Merry Buddha" by the famous Japanese writer Koda Rohan. When "The Five-Storied Pagoda" was written, the craftsmen were obsessed with technology and devoted themselves to building the tower, overcoming many difficulties, and finally built a perfect five-story tower that could withstand the test of storms. "Feng Liu Buddha" tells the story of a young monk, Zhu Yun, who was determined to carve the most exquisite Buddha statue, so he visited famous mountains and rivers. On the way of exploration and confusion, he accidentally rescued a girl and fell in love with her. However, the girl's biological father betrothed her to someone else. The young monk had nowhere to turn to, so he carved the girl's image into a lifelike Buddha statue. The two novels are in line with today's admiration and exploration of "craftsman spirit". At the same time, their style is similar to ancient Chinese chapter novels. It can be seen that Koda Rohan has profound Chinese culture and is deeply influenced by Chinese classical culture.

"Chun Qin Chao" describes a poignant and thrilling love story between a blind girl from a rich family and her servant. Sasuke, who was born as a servant, was tortured both physically and mentally by the aloof and eccentric blind female violinist Shunqin, but he was still loyal to her. After Chunqin was disfigured, Sasuke blinded himself with needles in order to keep her beautiful appearance in his memory... In the master's pen, a sad and desolate aesthetic world slowly unfolded. This book selects the representative works of Junichiro Tanizaki in his creative heyday (middle and late period), such as "Shuncho", "Cultura", and "Yoshino Kudzu". The beauty of things, the beauty of mystery, the beauty of women in Japanese literature is fully expressed between the lines.

"My emotions of love and hate for her are like a cat's eyes, which can change several times in one night." Twenty-eight-year-old Kawai Joeji adopted the fifteen-year-old girl Naomi with the intention of training her to become a "great" and "amazing" woman. However, Naomi is vain, arrogant and romantic, with hidden agendas under her innocent appearance. Kawai is seduced by her charming appearance and meets her needs at all costs. He is willing to accept Naomi's various conditions. In the end, he swears to become her slave and let her control her... Because of love, you will endure a lot of humiliation that you could not imagine before. The content tells the story of an out-of-control nurturing love, based on the liberation of self and humanity, showing absolute loyalty to female beauty, trying to reject all old values, and explores the themes of love, humanity and desire. The book's ultimate description of human desires is hard to describe and can only sigh. The work is adapted from the author's own experience and can be called a classic of Japanese love aesthetics. For love, I can give everything; for love, I don't have to be myself.

"Black and White" is a novel by the aestheticist writer Junichiro Tanizaki. The male protagonist in the novel is a writer, and the characters written by the writer are also writers. Junichiro Tanizaki expresses his unique life beliefs, artistic ideals and creative concepts through his works. The protagonist of the novel, Mizuno, is a writer, and the protagonist of his work is also a writer. Mizuno makes his protagonist encounter difficulties in creation, and Mizuno is also in trouble in reality. After fooling around, Mizuno discovers that he has encountered the plot in his novel-the murder really happened.

The stage of "Snow" is set in Osaka at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s. In the past, the famous Makoka family had four beautiful sisters: the eldest sister Tsuruko was conservative, the second sister Sachiko was harmonious, the third sister Yukiko was introverted, and the younger sister Taeko was unrestrained. The story takes the older and unmarried Yukiko's blind date experiences as the main line, and the ups and downs of Taeko's frustration in studying and her emotional entanglements with rich boys and ordinary youths. On one side is catching fireflies, admiring flowers, singing and dancing, on the other side there are floods, epidemics, hurricanes and wars. The work as a whole is like a slow-flowing river, with light and dark intertwining and dark eddies swirling; in it, the subtleties of human nature are fully revealed, and all kinds of flavors are present.

Junichiro Tanizaki's short story collection "Mermaid's Sigh: The Magician" consists of two stories: "The Mermaid's Sigh" and "The Magician". The story of "The Sigh of the Mermaid" takes place in Nanjing during the Qing Dynasty. The noble son Meng Shitao had a wealthy family, many wives and concubines, and lived an extremely luxurious life. However, he was tired of his current life and fell in love with the mermaid brought by the Westerners. For the sake of the mermaid, he decided to leave everything behind... "The Magician" tells the story of a man and woman who were originally in love, in order to prove their loyalty to each other, they went to watch the magician's performance, but were impressed by the magician's beauty and turned into a half-man and half-goat god. The two novels are Tanizaki Junichiro's early works. By vigorously describing the beauty of the senses, readers can feel Tanizaki's literary concept of beauty.

"Shuncho" is the most famous novella by Japanese aesthetic master Junichiro Tanizaki. Chunqin, the daughter of an Osaka medicine merchant, was blind since she was a child. She is beautiful, intelligent, and extremely talented, and she shows amazing talent in music. Sasuke, a young man who came to her house as an apprentice, admired her. While serving her wholeheartedly, he also secretly learned shamisen, and the two became half master-servant, half master-student relationship. After establishing his own business, Chunqin was disfigured due to the jealousy of others, and Sasuke stabbed himself in the eyes. The two of them went deep into the unknown world of the two. "Yoshino Kudzu" is a novella based on the local historical legend of Yoshino. It is both fictional and factual, and is very interesting. "I" was preparing to write a historical novel set in Yoshino, and came to Yoshino to collect information, but it led to "my" friend Tsumura's longing for the past of his mother who died young, and a beautiful marriage was formed.

"Snow" is Tanizaki Junichiro's masterpiece and one of the outstanding masterpieces in the entire Showa literary world. The novel is a genre novel describing the love story between young men and women of the Japanese middle class. It mainly describes the life stories of the four sisters Tsuruko, Sachiko, Yukiko and Taeko of the wealthy Osaka businessman Makiko family after their separation on the eve of the Pacific War. It has created four women with different styles in daily life: the eldest daughter-Tsuruko, who contains poignancy and sadness, the sound and perfect second daughter-Sachiko, the third daughter-Yukiko who embodies all traditional beauty, and the independent fourth daughter-Taeko. Although "Snow" is a life novel, it touches on local customs, social events, foreign exchanges, etc. The work is like a long painting with bright colors and elegant style, showing the whole life of modern Japanese upper class. It is praised as "the best folk novel" with classic style and "story literature with unique talents".

Twenty-eight-year-old Kawai Joeji adopted the fifteen-year-old girl Naomi with the intention of training her into a "great" and "amazing" woman. However, Naomi is vain, arrogant and romantic, and hides scheming under her innocent appearance. Kawai is bewitched by her charming appearance and meets her needs at all costs. In the end, he swears to become her slave and let her control her... Because of love, you will endure a lot of humiliation that you could not imagine before.