Natsume Sōseki（夏目漱石/なつめ そうせき）
1907-8
Character
Character
| Kingo Kono (27 years old) | philosopher |
| Fujio(24 years old) | Sister-in-law over Kingo |
| Fujio's mother | Stepmother mother over Kingo |
| Hazime Munethika (28 years old) | |
| Itoko(22 years old) | Hazime's sister |
| Mr. Ono (27 years old) | literary man |
| Kodo Inoue | The teacher that was indebted when Ono was in Kyoto |
| Sayoko | Daughter of Kodo |
1.
SoKon and Kingo spring, is friends with each other climb the Mount Hiei in Kyoto while traveling. While admiring the lake of Omi (Lake Biwa) at the top of Hieizan, Kono say things like foreboding the death of Fujio like.
The "gotta have impinge death, cheating human is something that can not help very much"
2.
At home, Ono is a tutor of the English and Fujio has read "Antony and Cleopatra" of Shakespeare. Atmosphere to say two people, mother home.
Give Ono, Fujio and ask "do we raise" a gold watch is a memento of his father.
3.
Inn in Kyoto sound rain, the koto hear, Kingo to keep a diary while sleeping. Identity of the principal that plays the sound of a harp come to says it's a woman SoKon.
Story goes that the father of Kingo who died, Kingo tell Zong near when it comes to Fujio is inherit a house. It is because you think is secretly stepmother would Rosuru a fence so. And I also extends to the story of gold watch that had said his father is listed in sect near his lifetime.
SoKon was said to Kingo.
"I do not care to. Hahahaha or tied possibly watch that and Mr. Fujio, Get still"
4.
Ono give more than a passing thought to the future of its own at the boarding house. Ideal thing get Fujio and issue of Dr.. Letter from Ko-do teacher is delivered there. In the letter, it is it will come come to Tokyo along with the daughter of Sayoko.
Asai, a friend from the Kyoto era come to visit Ono. Asai say, "I wonder to finally get married" to Ono. Ko-do teacher that has decided to marry the Ono Sayoko. Ono is reluctant for. After you separate the shallow, Ono toward home of Fujio.
5.
SoKon and Kingo to travel Kyoto, the Sagano. Again, Kingo to say that it was enigmatic prophecy in the conversation. "When I washed the idea that it was fun to have in the blood,. Human appearing primarily is Odoshika is'm thing frivolous so" sect near to see the daughter was playing the harp in Tenryuji. To return to the Article by train, two people riding a boat of Hozu down from Kameoka. SoKon I saw the daughter of koto again in Togetsukyo informs the Kingo. Kingo see the face of the daughter of the oval face for the first time.
6.
House of Fujio. Fujio and cousin are in Thailand The parlor. Cousin who thinks talking about the daughter-in-law of SoKon, Zong the near and wants to me a Fujio to attempts to put explore in Fujio in a roundabout way is to say, Fujio allusion that the cousin has received a favor Kingo, to compete. Ono is coming there.
1
春、友人同士である欽吾と宗近が京都旅行中に比叡山を登る。叡山の頂上で近江の湖（琵琶湖）を眺めながら、甲野はまるで藤尾の死を予感させるような事を言う。
「死に突き当らなくっちゃ、人間の浮気はなかなかやまないものだ」
2
自宅にて、藤尾とその英語の家庭教師である小野が、シェークスピアの『アントニーとクレオパトラ』を読んでいる。二人がいい雰囲気の中、母親が帰宅する。
父の形見である金時計を藤尾は小野に付けて、「上げましょうか」と尋ねる。
3
雨、琴の音が聞こえる京都の宿で、寝ながら日記を付ける欽吾。宗近は琴の音色を奏でている主の正体は女だと言いに来る。
話は亡くなった欽吾の父の事になり、欽吾は藤尾が家を継ぐ事になると宗近に言う。そう継母が策を弄するだろうと密かに思っているからだ。そして、父が生前宗近にあげると言っていた金時計の話にも及ぶ。
宗近は欽吾にこう言った。
「藤尾さんとあの時計はとうてい離せないか。ハハハハなに構わない、それでも貰おう」
4
下宿にて自身の将来について思いを馳せる小野。理想は博士の号と藤尾を得ることだ。そこへ孤堂先生からの手紙が届けられる。手紙には、娘の小夜子と共に東京に越してくるとある。
京都時代からの友人である浅井が小野を訪ねてくる。浅井は小野に「いよいよ結婚するんだろう」と言う。孤堂先生は小夜子を小野と結婚させると決めているという。対して小野は消極的である。小野は浅いと分かれた後、藤雄の家へ向かう。
5
京都、嵯峨野を旅する欽吾と宗近。会話の中で再び、予言めいたことを言う欽吾。「血でもってふざけた了見を洗った時に、第一義が躍然とあらわれる。人間はそれほど軽薄なものなんだよ」天竜寺で琴を弾いていた娘を見かける宗近。電車で二条にもどり、亀岡から保津川下りの舟に乗る二人。渡月橋で再び琴の娘を見かけた宗近は、欽吾に知らせる。欽吾は初めて瓜実顔の娘の顔を見る。
6
藤雄の家。糸子と藤雄が座敷に対座している。話は宗近の嫁の話で、宗近が藤雄をもらいたがっていると思っている糸子は遠回しに藤雄に探りを入れようとするが、藤雄は糸子が欽吾に好意を寄せていることをほのめかし、対抗する。そこへ小野がやってくる。