DiscoverThe 19th Century Novel PodcastEPISODE 41: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889), Part One
EPISODE 41: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889), Part One

EPISODE 41: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889), Part One

Update: 2025-02-19
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0:00-Three openings. Chapter 1: 16:06 —Fine gentlemen. 19:50 —Men with beards. 26:24 —Men in coats and kimonos. 30:30 —Bunzō & Noboru. 32:40 —The narrator. 33:37 —Salary earners. 35:39 —The third house from the corner. 35:52 —Interlude.


Chapter 1 continued: 36:50 —The Meiji Restoration. 38:01 —Translated novels. 43:40 —Tsubouchi Shōyō & Futabatei Shimei. 51:50 —Crossing the threshold. 55:54 —Closing.


Text: Futabatei Shimei. Ukigumo. Translated by Marleigh Grayer Ryan. Japan’s First Modern Novel, “Ukigumo” of Futabatei Shimei. 1965. Center for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Michigan, 1990.


Interlude: Yūgure,” performed by Ensemble Hijiri-Kaï , Urban Music of the Edo Period , 2005, Ocora Records, Paris, Internet Archive.


Illustration: Society of Friends of the Cernuschi Museum, Paris.






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EPISODE 41: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889), Part One

EPISODE 41: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889), Part One

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