Abstract

IPPOLITO, Matías Chiappe. “Nichigetsu-sama”, a story by Ango Sakaguchi. Estud. Asia Áfr. [online]. 2020, vol.55, n.2, pp.395-413.  Epub Aug 14, 2020. ISSN 2448-654X.  https://doi.org/10.24201/eaa.v55i2.2551.

“Nichigetsu-sama”, by Japanese writer Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955), was published in 1949 and tells the story of Ōji Kimigorō, a young black marketeer who is a friend of the narrator, a writer recently discharged from a mental institution. In the story, they both meet in a bar on one of Tokyo’s darkest alleys to share a night of bizarre encounters and disturbing tales.

Keywords : Sakaguchi Ango; Burai-ha; decadence; cross-dressing; Postwar Japanese literature.

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