August 31
He got up at 8:00.
The bamboos outside the window were making sounds by the autumn wind.
He felt a kind of breeze inside his still tired brain and some comfort of the recovery from illness.
He did nothing special.
He slept maybe 10:00 p.m.
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August 30,1908
August 30
After an overnight extemporary short poems gathering, he came back and had fallen asleep soon.
After an overnight extemporary short poems gathering, he came back and had fallen asleep soon.
August 27,1908
August 27
About 10:00 p.m. he came back and a maid handed him a name card of the man who had come to see him.
About 10:00 p.m. he came back and a maid handed him a name card of the man who had come to see him.
August 24,1908
August 24
All the paper of sliding doors in the geshukuya had been changed and that gave him a feeling of the autumn.
The night before, a grasshopper was attracted by the light and entered inside his room.
In this evening he saw only a few white kimono dressed people in streetcar.
The wind with which bamboos outside the window made sounds had been a little different from the day before.
All the paper of sliding doors in the geshukuya had been changed and that gave him a feeling of the autumn.
The night before, a grasshopper was attracted by the light and entered inside his room.
In this evening he saw only a few white kimono dressed people in streetcar.
The wind with which bamboos outside the window made sounds had been a little different from the day before.
August 20,1908
August 20
He got up at 10:00.
He played Japanese chess and won over Kosuke.
The heat of late summer was 87 Fahrenheit.
No more cigarette. Kyosuke,neither.
They could not do anything.
About 4:00, a friend came and gave him a chance to smoke.
In the afternoon, by changing Kyosuke’s dictionary into money, they went to a public bath and drank beer and water with shaved ice. Outside a temple, they joined the dance for ancestors’ spirits.
The autumn sky was wide. The Milky Way was high.
He got up at 10:00.
He played Japanese chess and won over Kosuke.
The heat of late summer was 87 Fahrenheit.
No more cigarette. Kyosuke,neither.
They could not do anything.
About 4:00, a friend came and gave him a chance to smoke.
In the afternoon, by changing Kyosuke’s dictionary into money, they went to a public bath and drank beer and water with shaved ice. Outside a temple, they joined the dance for ancestors’ spirits.
The autumn sky was wide. The Milky Way was high.
August 19,1908
August 19
He spent a day playing Japanese chess.
The heat of the late summer was a little severe.
The sky had been autumn.
In the afternoon, he got his diary back and celebrated in a voice with Kyosuke.
He spent a day playing Japanese chess.
The heat of the late summer was a little severe.
The sky had been autumn.
In the afternoon, he got his diary back and celebrated in a voice with Kyosuke.
August 9,1908
August 9
After an extemporary short poems gathering with friends, he came back.
A maid said to him that the night before a lady came and after staying in his room for over 2 hours, gone back with something.
He checked his belongings in his room. His diary and the manuscripts of his novel and poems had disappeared.
He discussed with Kyosuke how to get them back.
After an extemporary short poems gathering with friends, he came back.
A maid said to him that the night before a lady came and after staying in his room for over 2 hours, gone back with something.
He checked his belongings in his room. His diary and the manuscripts of his novel and poems had disappeared.
He discussed with Kyosuke how to get them back.
August 7,1908
August 7
He got up at 8:30.
After breakfast, he went out.
It’s windy.
Haircut. Bathing.
About 12:00, he slept.
Rainstorm.
He got up at 8:30.
After breakfast, he went out.
It’s windy.
Haircut. Bathing.
About 12:00, he slept.
Rainstorm.
August 6,1908
August 6
He got up at 12:00.
By the breeze like autumn, bamboos outside the window made sounds. It didn’t stop all day.
He spent a day talking with Kyosuke.
In the evening, it showered hard.
He got up at 12:00.
By the breeze like autumn, bamboos outside the window made sounds. It didn’t stop all day.
He spent a day talking with Kyosuke.
In the evening, it showered hard.
August 5,1908
August 5
He got up at 10:00.
He read a book.
In the afternoon, two times rain shower made it a little comfortable.
While his writing a letter, Kyosuke came to his room. They were talking half a day. They went out to a theater and in front of a temple’s gate, bought packages of lots. Each contained 5 lots but his had one more. Lottering the last one and saying “It’s the rising sun, a favorable sign”, he was laughing.
He was reading a book of poems in the bedding.
At 4:00 a.m. he close it and turned the light off.
He got up at 10:00.
He read a book.
In the afternoon, two times rain shower made it a little comfortable.
While his writing a letter, Kyosuke came to his room. They were talking half a day. They went out to a theater and in front of a temple’s gate, bought packages of lots. Each contained 5 lots but his had one more. Lottering the last one and saying “It’s the rising sun, a favorable sign”, he was laughing.
He was reading a book of poems in the bedding.
At 4:00 a.m. he close it and turned the light off.
August 4,1908
August 4
He got up before sunrise.
The hotness moderated a little. It was 89 Fahrenheit.
He was talking with Kyosuke half a day about memories of their childhood.
He got 5 yen by telegram order and bought manuscript papers, mosquito repellent incenses, cigarettes, some picture postcards and books.
He wrote postcards for his friends.
He got a peaceful sleep in the smoke of mosquito incense.
He got up before sunrise.
The hotness moderated a little. It was 89 Fahrenheit.
He was talking with Kyosuke half a day about memories of their childhood.
He got 5 yen by telegram order and bought manuscript papers, mosquito repellent incenses, cigarettes, some picture postcards and books.
He wrote postcards for his friends.
He got a peaceful sleep in the smoke of mosquito incense.
August 3,1908
August 3
Last night, he could never sleep because of the mosquitoes’ attacks.
In the morning, at the least hot time, it was 85 Fahrenheit.
No cigarette. No mosquito repellent incense. He was lying in the bedding and killed scores of mosquitoes. He had fallen asleep at last about 12:00.
Last night, he could never sleep because of the mosquitoes’ attacks.
In the morning, at the least hot time, it was 85 Fahrenheit.
No cigarette. No mosquito repellent incense. He was lying in the bedding and killed scores of mosquitoes. He had fallen asleep at last about 12:00.
August 2,1908
August 2
Toward the evening, he went to a public bath with Kyosuke. It’s half a month since the last time. After bathing, he weighed himself. It’s only about 46 kilograms. On their way back, they stopped at a shaved ice parlors and another. They bought a melon and ate it together. Its taste let him image his home town.
Toward the evening, he went to a public bath with Kyosuke. It’s half a month since the last time. After bathing, he weighed himself. It’s only about 46 kilograms. On their way back, they stopped at a shaved ice parlors and another. They bought a melon and ate it together. Its taste let him image his home town.
August 1,1908
August 1
August had started.
It’s a really hot day. He hung the thermometer on the pole of the display corner in the wall and it showed 92 Fahrenheit at 3:00. He talked with Kyosuke several times from about 11:00 to 5:00, being half naked with their kimono necks wide open and sleeves put off.
He wanted money for cigarettes and visited a friend about 7:00. The friend was not at home. He enjoyed watching the reflection of the streetcar in the turbid slow stream. Inside the car, some people were using funs.
With all the coins he had, he bought a 5 monme(about 20 grams) class iris.
It’s the opening eve of Sumida River. Across a distance, the sounds of fireworks was coming.
August had started.
It’s a really hot day. He hung the thermometer on the pole of the display corner in the wall and it showed 92 Fahrenheit at 3:00. He talked with Kyosuke several times from about 11:00 to 5:00, being half naked with their kimono necks wide open and sleeves put off.
He wanted money for cigarettes and visited a friend about 7:00. The friend was not at home. He enjoyed watching the reflection of the streetcar in the turbid slow stream. Inside the car, some people were using funs.
With all the coins he had, he bought a 5 monme(about 20 grams) class iris.
It’s the opening eve of Sumida River. Across a distance, the sounds of fireworks was coming.
July 29,1908
July 29
Only for about 2 hours, he had been sleeping. Mosquitoes’ attacks made him awake. It’s dark in his room. Mosquitoes were sounding in the warm, humid and stagnant air. He slapped them again and again, but they tried to bite him repeatedly. The bitten part itched. He still felt sleepy, becoming angry, and swung his arm around many times, then, he stood up and opened a wooden sliding door outside the window.
In the summer dawning world, fainter than the water, there was even no breeze. A rooster crowed twice.
Two cicadas started to make sounds in a distance. Songs of sparrows. The beat of a temple drum in the neighbor had begun, then, a bell from a distance showed 5:00. The beat stopped and sparrows started to sing more loudly. A milkman had passed outside the window.
Soon after the breakfast, some letters were delivered.
The lack of sleeping made him dispirited and gave many yawns this day.
About 10:00, Kyosuke came and had been talking with him until about 4:00.
Toward evening, he went out for a while and bought mosquito repellent incenses. On his way back, he stopped at a shaved ice parlor.
The sleepiness made his brain cloudy. He burnt a incense and slept.
Only for about 2 hours, he had been sleeping. Mosquitoes’ attacks made him awake. It’s dark in his room. Mosquitoes were sounding in the warm, humid and stagnant air. He slapped them again and again, but they tried to bite him repeatedly. The bitten part itched. He still felt sleepy, becoming angry, and swung his arm around many times, then, he stood up and opened a wooden sliding door outside the window.
In the summer dawning world, fainter than the water, there was even no breeze. A rooster crowed twice.
Two cicadas started to make sounds in a distance. Songs of sparrows. The beat of a temple drum in the neighbor had begun, then, a bell from a distance showed 5:00. The beat stopped and sparrows started to sing more loudly. A milkman had passed outside the window.
Soon after the breakfast, some letters were delivered.
The lack of sleeping made him dispirited and gave many yawns this day.
About 10:00, Kyosuke came and had been talking with him until about 4:00.
Toward evening, he went out for a while and bought mosquito repellent incenses. On his way back, he stopped at a shaved ice parlor.
The sleepiness made his brain cloudy. He burnt a incense and slept.
July 28,1908
July 28
At 9:00, a friend came and he got up.
Kyosuke came to his room and said to him the landlady had apologized frequently for the maid’s having told him too much Kyosuke had been talking with her and she had said they would never ask him about the unpaid rent. The friendship. Kyosuke gave him 16 yen and told him to pay the rent.
He could not find any word to express his thanks for Kyosuke.
At 9:00, a friend came and he got up.
Kyosuke came to his room and said to him the landlady had apologized frequently for the maid’s having told him too much Kyosuke had been talking with her and she had said they would never ask him about the unpaid rent. The friendship. Kyosuke gave him 16 yen and told him to pay the rent.
He could not find any word to express his thanks for Kyosuke.
July 27,1908
July 27
He got up about 12:00. He finished the meal. With no cigarette, he was sitting on the chair, feeling strange dissatisfaction.
A maid, Ai, came to his room for asking him to pay the rent from the last month. The maid came 5 or 6 times. At last, she told him they could not let him stay any more if he would not pay 15 yen, a part of the last month rent until the next evening.
About 12:20, he went out. He thought Kyosuke would negotiate with the geshukuya if he asked Kyousuke, but he should manage to solve that by himself.
93 Fahrenheit hotness. His white kimono became gray, dirty and wet like seaweed. By selling his English Japanese dictionary, the last his fortune, he got money for streetcar tickets and cigarette. He was going to visit a friend to stay there. He had been trying to find the house over 3:00, but he could not. He was walking around in Tokyo with a strong feeling of his being a homeless.
He came back. A maid brought a small low table with dinner. He said to her “I’ve already eaten”. “I see”, she said. The truth was he had only one meal this day, which he had no idea if it should be called breakfast or lunch.
He went out to visit another person from 7:30 to 10:00.
By the warm and humid night winds, the skirt of his kimono wet with sweat was clung to his legs. He was feeling unpleasant all day.
He went to Kyosuke’s room. Talking for about half an hour.
He got up about 12:00. He finished the meal. With no cigarette, he was sitting on the chair, feeling strange dissatisfaction.
A maid, Ai, came to his room for asking him to pay the rent from the last month. The maid came 5 or 6 times. At last, she told him they could not let him stay any more if he would not pay 15 yen, a part of the last month rent until the next evening.
About 12:20, he went out. He thought Kyosuke would negotiate with the geshukuya if he asked Kyousuke, but he should manage to solve that by himself.
93 Fahrenheit hotness. His white kimono became gray, dirty and wet like seaweed. By selling his English Japanese dictionary, the last his fortune, he got money for streetcar tickets and cigarette. He was going to visit a friend to stay there. He had been trying to find the house over 3:00, but he could not. He was walking around in Tokyo with a strong feeling of his being a homeless.
He came back. A maid brought a small low table with dinner. He said to her “I’ve already eaten”. “I see”, she said. The truth was he had only one meal this day, which he had no idea if it should be called breakfast or lunch.
He went out to visit another person from 7:30 to 10:00.
By the warm and humid night winds, the skirt of his kimono wet with sweat was clung to his legs. He was feeling unpleasant all day.
He went to Kyosuke’s room. Talking for about half an hour.
July 27,1908
July 27
He got up about 12:00. He finished the meal. With no cigarette, he was sitting on the chair, feeling strange dissatisfaction.
A maid, Ai, came to his room for asking him to pay the rent from the last month. The maid came 5 or 6 times. At last, she told him they could not let him stay any more if he would not pay 15 yen, a part of the last month rent until the next evening.
About 12:20, he went out. He thought Kyosuke would negotiate with the geshukuya if he asked Kyousuke, but he should manage to solve that by himself.
93 Fahrenheit hotness. His white kimono became gray, dirty and wet like seaweed. By selling his English Japanese dictionary, the last his fortune, he got money for streetcar tickets and cigarette. He was going to visit a friend to stay there. He had been trying to find the house over 3:00, but he could not. He was walking around in Tokyo with a strong feeling of his being a homeless.
He came back. A maid brought a small low table with dinner. He said to her “I’ve already eaten”. “I see”, she said. The truth was he had only one meal this day, which he had no idea if it should be called breakfast or lunch.
He went out to visit another person from 7:30 to 10:00.
By the warm and humid night winds, the skirt of his kimono wet with sweat was clung to his legs. He was feeling unpleasant all day.
He went to Kyosuke’s room. Talking for about half an hour.
He got up about 12:00. He finished the meal. With no cigarette, he was sitting on the chair, feeling strange dissatisfaction.
A maid, Ai, came to his room for asking him to pay the rent from the last month. The maid came 5 or 6 times. At last, she told him they could not let him stay any more if he would not pay 15 yen, a part of the last month rent until the next evening.
About 12:20, he went out. He thought Kyosuke would negotiate with the geshukuya if he asked Kyousuke, but he should manage to solve that by himself.
93 Fahrenheit hotness. His white kimono became gray, dirty and wet like seaweed. By selling his English Japanese dictionary, the last his fortune, he got money for streetcar tickets and cigarette. He was going to visit a friend to stay there. He had been trying to find the house over 3:00, but he could not. He was walking around in Tokyo with a strong feeling of his being a homeless.
He came back. A maid brought a small low table with dinner. He said to her “I’ve already eaten”. “I see”, she said. The truth was he had only one meal this day, which he had no idea if it should be called breakfast or lunch.
He went out to visit another person from 7:30 to 10:00.
By the warm and humid night winds, the skirt of his kimono wet with sweat was clung to his legs. He was feeling unpleasant all day.
He went to Kyosuke’s room. Talking for about half an hour.
July 26,1908
July 26
He got up at 7:00.
It’s fine, a fine day. In the morning, he had already imaged the hotness of the afternoon.
A nap from 12:30 to 4:00.
He got up at 7:00.
It’s fine, a fine day. In the morning, he had already imaged the hotness of the afternoon.
A nap from 12:30 to 4:00.
July 24,1908
July 24
He woke about 9:30 and read letters in the bedding.
He had breathed cut tobacco 5 or 6 times this day. He had no more cigarette.
He tried to stop thinking about smoking, put his cigarette case out of his sight, put the pillow in a grass woven mat and lay down there.
He had dinner and went out to visit a person. The person had no money, neither.
He had no more goods for changing into money. When he was leaning on the back of the chair, then, an envelope was delivered. It was the payment for his poems. 11 pieces of stamps (=0.33 yen) were enclosed.
With these stamps he got 3 boxes of cigarette. The swaying smoke gave his eyes a pleasure.
He went to Kyosuke’s room and was staying there until 10:00.
Before he put off the lamp and slept, from a temple in the neighbor, the sound of a drum started to come. A bell in a distance showed 4:00. There were cool sounds of cicadas for a while and the sound of grass woven sandals of a milkman outside the window.
He woke about 9:30 and read letters in the bedding.
He had breathed cut tobacco 5 or 6 times this day. He had no more cigarette.
He tried to stop thinking about smoking, put his cigarette case out of his sight, put the pillow in a grass woven mat and lay down there.
He had dinner and went out to visit a person. The person had no money, neither.
He had no more goods for changing into money. When he was leaning on the back of the chair, then, an envelope was delivered. It was the payment for his poems. 11 pieces of stamps (=0.33 yen) were enclosed.
With these stamps he got 3 boxes of cigarette. The swaying smoke gave his eyes a pleasure.
He went to Kyosuke’s room and was staying there until 10:00.
Before he put off the lamp and slept, from a temple in the neighbor, the sound of a drum started to come. A bell in a distance showed 4:00. There were cool sounds of cicadas for a while and the sound of grass woven sandals of a milkman outside the window.
July 23,1908
July 23
He woke at 11:00 and read a letter in the bedding.
Talking with Kyosuke from about 10:00 until 1:00.
The lamp chimney had broken. He could not sleep until 3:00.
He woke at 11:00 and read a letter in the bedding.
Talking with Kyosuke from about 10:00 until 1:00.
The lamp chimney had broken. He could not sleep until 3:00.
July 17,1908
July 17
About 10:00, he came back from a public bath and was feeling sleepy.
He slept. He got up for dinner. Talking with Kyosuke for about 1 hour.
He slept again, keeping the paper covered sliding window doors open and burning mosquito repellent incense.
About 10:00, he came back from a public bath and was feeling sleepy.
He slept. He got up for dinner. Talking with Kyosuke for about 1 hour.
He slept again, keeping the paper covered sliding window doors open and burning mosquito repellent incense.
July 14,1908
July 14
The only his kimono was white unfortunately. Its seat went dirty but he didn’t have another. He could not bring it to the cleaner.
The only his kimono was white unfortunately. Its seat went dirty but he didn’t have another. He could not bring it to the cleaner.
JUly 13,1908
July 13
He could not sleep. He stayed up all night in the bedding.
He had breakfast, wrote a postcard and slept.
At 12:00, he got up.
In the evening, he opened the window and turned off the light. There was a round moon above the tile roof next to the geshukuya. The sky was clear as if it had been autumn and the moonshine was bright. Insects were chirping somewhere. He was imaging his hometown.
He had been watching the moon for about 1 hour.
About 9:00, he prepared the bedding and was watching up the moon lying in it.
When he closed the sliding wooden doors outside the window, it might be 12:00.
He could not sleep. He stayed up all night in the bedding.
He had breakfast, wrote a postcard and slept.
At 12:00, he got up.
In the evening, he opened the window and turned off the light. There was a round moon above the tile roof next to the geshukuya. The sky was clear as if it had been autumn and the moonshine was bright. Insects were chirping somewhere. He was imaging his hometown.
He had been watching the moon for about 1 hour.
About 9:00, he prepared the bedding and was watching up the moon lying in it.
When he closed the sliding wooden doors outside the window, it might be 12:00.
JUly 10,1908
July 10
He came back at 9:00. Talking for about 1 hour in Kyosuke’s room.
He was suffering from the sultriness and mosquitoes until dawn.
He came back at 9:00. Talking for about 1 hour in Kyosuke’s room.
He was suffering from the sultriness and mosquitoes until dawn.
July 5,1908
July 5
A maid said to him “It’s 12:00” and made him awake.
About 4:30, he went to Kyosuke’s room. There were 2 friends. They went back. Talking with Kyosuke over 9:00.
A maid said to him “It’s 12:00” and made him awake.
About 4:30, he went to Kyosuke’s room. There were 2 friends. They went back. Talking with Kyosuke over 9:00.
July 2,1908
July 2
He was reading a book of poems in the bedding.
A maid said to him “ It’s already 12:00. “ and he got up.
He asked the landlady to come to his room for telling her to give him more time.
In Kyosuke’s room, talking for about 2 hours with Kyosuke and his brother.
He was reading a book of poems in the bedding.
A maid said to him “ It’s already 12:00. “ and he got up.
He asked the landlady to come to his room for telling her to give him more time.
In Kyosuke’s room, talking for about 2 hours with Kyosuke and his brother.
July 1,1908
July 1
He got up about 10:00.
While breathing out for the fire in the brazier, he smelt something burning. He could not find anything burning on all the 4 sides of the brazier. The smoke was coming from the inside of his kimono neck. He guessed sparks had jumped in.
He hoped the fire inside his kimono was a good omen meaning the warmth inside himself.
He got up about 10:00.
While breathing out for the fire in the brazier, he smelt something burning. He could not find anything burning on all the 4 sides of the brazier. The smoke was coming from the inside of his kimono neck. He guessed sparks had jumped in.
He hoped the fire inside his kimono was a good omen meaning the warmth inside himself.
June 29,1908
June 29
He got up and worried that he could not pay the rent this month again.
No cigarette. He had been standing without cigarette for about one hour and a half but he could not help standing any more. He went out with an umbrella of the geshukuya to change his books into money. He got 0.35 yen, bought cigarettes and came back.
All the 3 windows of another geshukuya across the street were closed. He thought the people living there might be in their hometowns on summer vacation.
He got up and worried that he could not pay the rent this month again.
No cigarette. He had been standing without cigarette for about one hour and a half but he could not help standing any more. He went out with an umbrella of the geshukuya to change his books into money. He got 0.35 yen, bought cigarettes and came back.
All the 3 windows of another geshukuya across the street were closed. He thought the people living there might be in their hometowns on summer vacation.
June 26,1908
June 26
He got up about 7:30.
After sunset, mosquitoes started making sounds like a band. He went out with friends.
He slept about 11:00.
He got up about 7:30.
After sunset, mosquitoes started making sounds like a band. He went out with friends.
He slept about 11:00.
June 25,1908
June 25
Early in the evening, he bought lilies again, enjoying the combination of only one red and white others.
Early in the evening, he bought lilies again, enjoying the combination of only one red and white others.
JUne 24,1908
June 24
A nap from about 1:00 to 3:00. He helped the maids to change the paper of the wood framed sliding doors.
The lady came. First she cried. She was thinking if she should go to her hometown or not. Her father was going to bankrupt. A little before 9:00, she went back home.
A nap from about 1:00 to 3:00. He helped the maids to change the paper of the wood framed sliding doors.
The lady came. First she cried. She was thinking if she should go to her hometown or not. Her father was going to bankrupt. A little before 9:00, she went back home.
June 23,1908
June 23
He got up at 10:00 and went out in the fine rain, bought 0.30 yen of hydrangea and white trumpet lilies and drank a glass of water with shaved ice.
Changing flowers in his room let him feel fine.
Since a few days ago, a some 30’s lady had been staying in the ground floor. They said she was a younger sister of the landlady. According to a maid, it was very helpful as the landlady was sick. In the morning, while washing his face, he heard someone saying she had been separated.
In the evening, talking with Kyosuke for about 2 hours.
After sunset, he went out and bought a vase , while a lady came to see him and went back.
It’s a peace of his mind to be sleeping in his room full of the vague scent of lilies.
He got up at 10:00 and went out in the fine rain, bought 0.30 yen of hydrangea and white trumpet lilies and drank a glass of water with shaved ice.
Changing flowers in his room let him feel fine.
Since a few days ago, a some 30’s lady had been staying in the ground floor. They said she was a younger sister of the landlady. According to a maid, it was very helpful as the landlady was sick. In the morning, while washing his face, he heard someone saying she had been separated.
In the evening, talking with Kyosuke for about 2 hours.
After sunset, he went out and bought a vase , while a lady came to see him and went back.
It’s a peace of his mind to be sleeping in his room full of the vague scent of lilies.
June 21,1908
June 21
Talking with Kyosuke after 10:00.
A friend came and lent him 1 yen with which he bought two summer cushions.
When he came back, a maid said to him a lady had come and been in his room. He found a letter in a drawer.
He thought a part of the romance had hurried to the sad end.
Talking with Kyosuke after 10:00.
A friend came and lent him 1 yen with which he bought two summer cushions.
When he came back, a maid said to him a lady had come and been in his room. He found a letter in a drawer.
He thought a part of the romance had hurried to the sad end.
June 20,1908
June 20
About 1:00, a friend came in the rain. Talking about one thing after another and dinner together.
About 9:00, a lady came. On her way back, she asked him to be walking together for a while, but he didn’t. He heard her tearful voice outside the window.
He thought a cold heart could help one to tell a lie to oneself.
He wrote the last letter for her and slept.
About 1:00, a friend came in the rain. Talking about one thing after another and dinner together.
About 9:00, a lady came. On her way back, she asked him to be walking together for a while, but he didn’t. He heard her tearful voice outside the window.
He thought a cold heart could help one to tell a lie to oneself.
He wrote the last letter for her and slept.
June 19,1908
June 19
He got up at 8:00. No cigarette. Until 12:00, he had been thinking only about that, walking around in his room ,sitting on the chair and opened the window. After lunch, he went out with his Japanese jacket and shoulder robe to change them into money and bought cigarettes and a desk( 0.70 yen ).
About 4:00, a friend came.
He got up at 8:00. No cigarette. Until 12:00, he had been thinking only about that, walking around in his room ,sitting on the chair and opened the window. After lunch, he went out with his Japanese jacket and shoulder robe to change them into money and bought cigarettes and a desk( 0.70 yen ).
About 4:00, a friend came.
June 18,1908
June 18
In the morning, about 8:00, a lady came and went back like a wind. He hoped if she had been a swallow.
In the morning, about 8:00, a lady came and went back like a wind. He hoped if she had been a swallow.
June 17,1908
June 17
A friend came at 10:30, had lunch together and went back about 1:30.
A lady came before 4:00 and went back a little before 7:00 .
At night, talking with Kyosuke especially about his dead elder sister made him feel something indescribable. About 12:30, a maid came to his room and told them to stop talking any more.
A friend came at 10:30, had lunch together and went back about 1:30.
A lady came before 4:00 and went back a little before 7:00 .
At night, talking with Kyosuke especially about his dead elder sister made him feel something indescribable. About 12:30, a maid came to his room and told them to stop talking any more.
June 14,1908
June 14
He got up about 9:00. Soon after, Kyosuke came to his room. Lunch with Kyosuke. He bought a celadon porcelain vase at a night stall as a gift for Kyosuke. From about 10:00 to 12:00, talking with Kyosuke.
He got up about 9:00. Soon after, Kyosuke came to his room. Lunch with Kyosuke. He bought a celadon porcelain vase at a night stall as a gift for Kyosuke. From about 10:00 to 12:00, talking with Kyosuke.
June 13,1908
June 13
He got some money by telegram order. He used them for public bath, haircut, manuscript papers, lilies, Japanese socks, a comb, perfumed hair oil, stamps, also all the unpaid rent and 1 yen repayment to Kyosuke.
He got some money by telegram order. He used them for public bath, haircut, manuscript papers, lilies, Japanese socks, a comb, perfumed hair oil, stamps, also all the unpaid rent and 1 yen repayment to Kyosuke.
June 9,1908
June 9
Before 10:00p.m. , a maid came to tell him a friend came to see him The friend stayed in his room through the night.
Before 10:00p.m. , a maid came to tell him a friend came to see him The friend stayed in his room through the night.
June 8,1908
June 8
The maids were busy for sweeping streets with the community neighbors. He was made awake about 7:30. He went out to walk around, waiting for the finish of their sweeping, and bought purple and pink difinium flowers. He arranged them in a vase.
Thunder in a distance. About 3:00, leaves of the ginkgo tree outside the window made sounds and it started raining hard. Thunder was becoming louder and it started to hail. The largest one was about 15 mm. They were bouncing on the tile roof next to the geshukuya. He opened the paper covered sliding window doors and watched outside. It stopped before sunset.
The maids were busy for sweeping streets with the community neighbors. He was made awake about 7:30. He went out to walk around, waiting for the finish of their sweeping, and bought purple and pink difinium flowers. He arranged them in a vase.
Thunder in a distance. About 3:00, leaves of the ginkgo tree outside the window made sounds and it started raining hard. Thunder was becoming louder and it started to hail. The largest one was about 15 mm. They were bouncing on the tile roof next to the geshukuya. He opened the paper covered sliding window doors and watched outside. It stopped before sunset.
June 1,1908
June 1
At about 1:00, he tried to sleep, but could not, thinking about one thing after another, until the dawn when a maid came to open the wooden sliding doors outside the window. After sunrise, he got sleeping for 3 or 4 hours. At 11:00, he went to a public bath, on his way back, bought dirfinum flowers and arranged them in a vase.
At about 1:00, he tried to sleep, but could not, thinking about one thing after another, until the dawn when a maid came to open the wooden sliding doors outside the window. After sunrise, he got sleeping for 3 or 4 hours. At 11:00, he went to a public bath, on his way back, bought dirfinum flowers and arranged them in a vase.
May 31,1908
May 31
He got up past 10:00. At the end of each month, he had to pay the rent. The sound of calculating money in the next room made him a little nervous .
He got up past 10:00. At the end of each month, he had to pay the rent. The sound of calculating money in the next room made him a little nervous .
May 27,1908
May 27
When he woke about 6:40,in front of his face, a white dressed lady was sitting there on the grass woven mat.
Lunch with Kyosuke.
About 8:40, a maid came to his room with a telegram.
He slept about 10:00 earlier than usual.
When he woke about 6:40,in front of his face, a white dressed lady was sitting there on the grass woven mat.
Lunch with Kyosuke.
About 8:40, a maid came to his room with a telegram.
He slept about 10:00 earlier than usual.
May 26,1908
May 26
Celebrating for his finishing writing a novel, with strawberries, summer oranges, beer and Kyosuke’s friendship.
Celebrating for his finishing writing a novel, with strawberries, summer oranges, beer and Kyosuke’s friendship.
May 22,1908
May 22
He bought pipe shape white flowers and arranged them in a vase hung on the pole at a side of the display corner in the wall.
He bought pipe shape white flowers and arranged them in a vase hung on the pole at a side of the display corner in the wall.
May 16,1908
May 16
He got up at 6:00 earlier than usual . Talking with Kyosuke in his room until 1:00a.m.
He got up at 6:00 earlier than usual . Talking with Kyosuke in his room until 1:00a.m.
May 9,1908
May 9
According to a maid, a lady had come to see him about 7:00 and left a note by pencil.
According to a maid, a lady had come to see him about 7:00 and left a note by pencil.
May 8,1908
May 8
By the sunny day’s breeze, sounds of the town and bamboos outside the window came into his ears. He hoped he managed to get money for the rent.
By the sunny day’s breeze, sounds of the town and bamboos outside the window came into his ears. He hoped he managed to get money for the rent.
May 5,1908
May 5
He moved to his own room in the second floor. A desk and a chair given by Kyosuke, a chest put by the geshukuya. A 6 grass woven mats size room. Outside the window, a few bamboos and a young ginkgo tree made the pale green comfort.
He moved to his own room in the second floor. A desk and a chair given by Kyosuke, a chest put by the geshukuya. A 6 grass woven mats size room. Outside the window, a few bamboos and a young ginkgo tree made the pale green comfort.
May 4,1908
May 4
He started his geshukuya life near Tokyo University. His room was not clean yet, so he slept in another, a friend of his, Kyosuke’s room.
He started his geshukuya life near Tokyo University. His room was not clean yet, so he slept in another, a friend of his, Kyosuke’s room.
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