Wen Shu Chao

This book is a collection of short stories for Junichiro Tanizaki's artistic maturity period. Wen Shu Chao takes the decline of the Toyotomi family as the background, and through the narration of a blind mage-Ishida Mitsunari's daughter, to outlines the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nephew and adopted son, Toyotomi Hidetsugu. It is said that he was bloodthirsty and cruel, and was extremely sadistic, and was called "e;killing animals and imprisoning people."e; His life experience is like a gorgeous but sadistic picture of hell. The work depicts the beauty of women from the perspective of blind mages and only by smell and touch, which is also the feature of Tanizaki's works. In addition to Wen Shu Chao, this book also includes three works: Three Mages, The Fox Possession of a Painter in Your Country and Juehai Shangren Became a Dog.