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EPISODE 42: Futabatei Shimei, "Ukigumo" ["Drifting Clouds"] (1889), Part Two
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Chapters 2-3: 56:20 — Bunzō’s background. 6:32 —Office work. 8:22 —Point of view. 9:40 — Bunzō & Osei. 13:03 —The question of point-of-view. 14:02 —Breeding worms. 16:15 —The moment of truth. 21:49 —New romance. 25:30 —A ticklish situation. 27:19 —What’s going on. 29:24 —Marriage plots. 31:13 —A new development. 31:49 —Interlude.
Chapters 4-6: 32:25 —The elements of romance. 34:37 —What a mess. 36:10 —All mixed up. 39:07 —Pure Osei. 42:01 —Gaudy geisha. 46:29 —Bunzō dreams. 50:55 — Bunzō confesses, Omasa tortures. 56:07 —Osei vs. Omasa. 58:22 —Successful Noboru. 1:00:38 —The bureaucracy. 1:05:34 —Office literature. 1:07:41 —Mom & mums. 1:10:30 —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.
Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com
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