The Makioka Sisters (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1938-1941
- Setting: The Kobe-Osaka district and Tokyo
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Tradition, Marriage, 1940’s, Class consciousness, 1930’s, Sisters, Japan or Japanese people, Tokyo, Honor
- Locales: Tokyo, Japan, Osaka, Japan, Kobe, Japan
Characters Discussed
Yukiko, the third of the four sisters, still unmarried at the age of thirty. She is a slender, delicate- looking beauty whose dress, appearance, and manner are thoroughly Japanese and suggest a sheltered maiden of old. She graduated from a ladies’ seminary with honors in English and understands Western music better than she does Japanese music. Her shy, gentle manner masks a complex, intelligent, and critical nature. She is too reserved to talk frankly, and her overt docility causes much confusion and embarrassment to those seeking a good husband for her....
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