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This was read by Aozora Bunko. https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/001869... First published in Shindokumono, September 1948 (Showa 23). When 17-year-old Nao goes to see a play, she feels a mysterious gaze fixed on her. When she notices, she finds a message thrown into her sleeve. The sender is unknown, and it is an invitation to wait in the shade of the campanula tree in the garden that evening... [Major characters] Sugihara Nao: Wife of Hanzaburo, a daughter of a samurai family. Will become the wife of Iwata Hanzaburo. Masame: Nao's aunt. Ichizo: Nao's older brother. Iwata Hanzaburo: Will become Nao's husband. Ichizo's friend. [Contents] 00:00 1. 07:51 2. 15:34 3. 23:19 4. 30:45 5. 38:50 6. 46:34 7. Yamamoto Shugoro (June 22, 1903 - February 14, 1967) was a Japanese novelist. His real name was Shimizu Satomu. He was born in Yamanashi Prefecture. After graduating from Nishimae Elementary School in Yokohama, he lived and worked as an apprentice at Yamamoto Shugoro Shoten in Kobikicho, Tokyo. In 1926, his novel "Sumadera Fukyo" was published in Bungeishunju, and became his literary breakthrough. His novel "Nihon Fudōki" was nominated for the Naoki Prize in the first half of 1943, but he refused the award. Since then, he has been known for his popular novels such as "Yanagibashi Monogatari", "Sleepy Chief", "Eiga Monogatari", "The Fir Tree Remains", "Red Beard Clinic Story", "Five-petal Camellia", "Aobeka Monogatari", "Void Travels", "A Town Without Seasons", "Sabu", and "Long Slope", which depict the suffering of samurai and the sadness of ordinary people from the perspective of ordinary people, and historical novels, and he was especially highly praised for writing many masterpieces in his later years. I am Abe Yoshimi, a voice trainer and reciter. I will be posting mainly historical novels here, so please look forward to them. ♥I would be very happy if you could subscribe to my channel (^。^) ●On stand.fm, I also have a channel called "Ichinosuke Recitation's Attic" where I do free talks about voice training and pronunciation training, short recitations, and live broadcasts. Thank you for your support → https://stand.fm/channels/60919d7526f... ●Twitter / abe_yoshimi_2 ●Facebook / yoshimi.abe.96 (When sending a friend request on Facebook, please comment that you are a viewer of the channel.) ●Blog "Right Now, Here" https://ameblo.jp/tsuyoshi7227/ #Reading #Yamamoto Shugoro #Great Literary Masters #Short Stories #Novels #Historical Novels