浮雲 (二葉亭四迷)
1. The Drifting CloudThe Drifting Cloud, known as Ukigumo (浮雲) in Japanese, was a novel written in 1887 by Futabatei Shimei, often called the first modern Japanese novel. The novel was published in two sections in 1887 and 1888. The novel only contains four characters, prioritising the development of characters over plot. The novel contains criticism of growing materialism in the Japanese society. The story centers around a young man named Utsumi Bunzo, the son of a direct vassal of the Tokugawa shogun.
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