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Takashi Nagatsuka: 1 works in the original Japanese, with translation

Takashi Nagatsuka (April 3, 1879 – February 8, 1915) was a Japanese poet and novelist born into a landowning family in Ibaraki Prefecture. He studied poetry with Masaoka Shiki from 1900, and is known for his only novel, The Soil (Tsuchi), which was serialized in the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun in 1910 and depicts rural life in Japan.

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太十は死んだ。 太十と其犬

The opening line announces the protagonist's death outright, without any preparation, and only then goes back to tell the story of Taijū and his dog.