Makeup

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Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Features: With his、, Watanabe Junichi describes the subtle emotions among the mother,, who runs a traditional Kyoto ryokan inherited through the female line, and her three daughters with different appearances and personalities. The novel also explores their individual choices, confusions, and transcendence when facing desire and life. Watanabe Junichi, a renowned contemporary Japanese writer, was born in Hokkaido in 1933. He obtained a medical degree from Sapporo Medical College, practiced medicine for many years, and later abandoned medicine to pursue literature. In 1965, he made his literary debut with the novel "Death Makeup" and won the Shincho New People's Magazine Award. In 1970, his novel "Light and Shadow" received the Naoki Prize. In 1980, he won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Prize for "The Sunset Far Away." Other representative works include "Heart Transplant," "Snow Dance," "Flower Burial," "The Sunset of the Gods," and "The Cold Street of Lilacs." He has written over 50 novels and numerous essays and collections, regarded as a literary master of modern Japan. His works seek meaning and destiny in modern life from real-life experiences. The knowledge and life experiences gained from his medical practice have opened up new horizons in creative themes, techniques, and perspectives in Japanese literature. He explores human development and the conflicts between modern society's ethical and moral dilemmas from a fresh perspective.