Rights for this book: Public domain in the USA. This edition is published by Project Gutenberg. Originally issued by Project Gutenberg on 2010-03-13. To support the work of Project Gutenberg, visit their Donation Page. This free ebook has been produced by GITenberg, a program of the Free Ebook Foundation. If you have corrections or improvements to make to this ebook, or you want to use the source files for this ebook, visit the book's github repository. You can support the work of the Free Ebook Foundation at their Contributors Page. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Shisei, by Junichiro Tanizaki This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Shisei Author: Junichiro Tanizaki Release Date: March 13, 2010 [EBook #31617] Language: Japanese *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHISEI *** Produced by Kaoru Tanaka Title: (Shisei) Author: (Junichiro Tanizaki) Language: Japanese Text preparation by Kaoru Tanaka ———————————————————————————- Notes on the signs in the text ... shows ruby (short runs of text alongside the base text to indicate pronunciation). Eg. marks the start of a string of ruby-attached characters. Eg. ... explains the formatting of the original text. Eg. ———————————————————————————- ′′ —— ′′ ′′ ′′ —— —— —— .... ′′ ′′ —— —— .... .... —— ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ —— ′′ .... ′′ —— ecstasy ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ —— —— —— ′′ .... —— ′′ —— —— ′′ ′′—— .... —— Urine ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′′′ ′′ ........ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ Professional obscene ′′ —— —— ′′ ′′ ′′ ′′ mode of life —— The Sign of Four. Murder as one of the Fine Arts. Sexuology ′′ ——′′ —— .... —— —— ′′ ′′ ′′ last. .... M.C.C. —— ′′ ′′ .... .. Mr. S. K.