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Published in "Shin Shosetsu" in 1918. One year during spring break, Honma, a senior at university who majored in history, met an elderly gentleman on the train returning from Kyoto. As the two of them exchanged opinions about the historical facts of the Meiji Restoration over a drink in the dining car, the elderly gentleman began telling the unbelievable story that "Saigo Takamori is still alive today, and Saigo himself is on this train right now." Though Honma was skeptical, he accompanied the elderly gentleman to the first-class compartment in the car next to where Saigo was resting... Note) Akagi Getahira was a student of Natsume Soseki. In 1917, the year before this work, he published a biography of Soseki called "Natsume Soseki." --------------------------------------- [Manuscript] ▼The Spider's Thread, Du Shishun, The Trolley and 17 other stories (Iwanami Bunko) https://amzn.to/37sCGEa --------------------------------------- [Image material] ▼Saigo Takamori / Edoardo Chiossone https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... ▼BEIZ images https://www.beiz.jp/ --------------------------------------- [Music] ♪Slim To None - Text Me Records / Jordan Blackmon --------------------------------------- My name is Masuta. I started reading aloud for my health, and I am currently training to read like a calm, grown-up reader like Tatsuya Shiro and Hitoshi Kubota. I hold live readings every Monday on twicas, and tweet about reading aloud on twitter. If you like my voice and readings, please feel free to follow me. [twicas] https://twitcasting.tv/readingmasuta [twitter] / readingmasuta --------------------------------------- [Reading to listen to before going to sleep] • [Reading to listen to before going to sleep] [Listen and read through] Reading: I Am a Cat / Natsume Soseki • [Listen and read through] I Am a Cat / Natsume Soseki (complete) [Drama/Story] • Drama/Story --------------------------------------- #Literature#Novel#Recommendation#Akutagawa Ryunosuke#Taisho Period#Reading#Sleep#Aozora Bunko#Audiobook