Fuboku Kosakai: 6 works in the original Japanese, with translation
Kosakai Mitsuji (8 October 1890 – 1 April 1929), better known by the pen name Kosakai Fuboku, was a Japanese medical scientist and crime writer.
Works in the library
- 人工心臓Fuboku Kosakai · Intermediate
- 恋愛曲線Fuboku Kosakai · Intermediate
- 痴人の復讐Fuboku Kosakai · Intermediate
- 闘争Fuboku Kosakai · Intermediate
- 死の接吻Fuboku Kosakai · Intermediate
- 頭蓋骨の秘密Fuboku Kosakai · Intermediate
Cultural notes (selection)
The tengu is a creature from Japanese folklore, depicted with a red face and a long nose; tengu masks are characterised by an exaggerated long nose. Here, the mask's nose slowly stretching out describes the movement of an amoeba extending its pseudopodia.
「支那」 is a term used in modern-era Japan to refer to China. The word is regarded in China as derogatory, and after World War II its use was discontinued by the Japanese government and mainstream media.
A medical vocational school under the old pre-war system, the main institution for training physicians from the Meiji to the Taishō period, at a level below the old-system medical universities. Concealing the school's name as "T" was a common practice in Taishō-era fiction.
A Japanese coinage from the Taishō to early Shōwa period, referring to newly built houses with Western-style conveniences such as electric lights, running water, and flush toilets. Usually small Western-style homes, they were often occupied by the new middle class, such as white-collar workers and writers.