In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known - and controversial - writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end, fits into none of them. The road Mishima took to salvation is a highly personal one. Yet here, ultimately, one detects the unmistakable tones of a self transcending the particular and attaining to a poetic vision of the universal.

森鴎外（本名林太郎）は、官人に対する医療や医薬全般、医師の養成などを司る典医の家に生まれました。幼い頃から「論語」や「孟子」などの漢学書、オランダ語を学び、実年齢で習得するよりも早

Continuing where Thus Spoke Zarathustra left off, Nietzsche's controversial work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the 19th century and one of the most controversial works of ideology ever written. Attacking the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, Nietzsche criticises past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. Nietzsche tried to formulate what he called "the philosophy of the future".

「小説を書くようになっても、わたしは【日本とは何か】ということばかりを書き続けてきたように思います」司馬遼太郎さんが残した言葉です。 若き日の近藤勇を描いた作品です。百姓の子・勝太(近藤勇）は、幼少時より武士にあこがれて育ちました。江戸から来た剣術家・千葉周作により後継者に指名された勝太は、江戸に発つことになりました。好意を寄せる幼馴染からの求婚を拒否して江戸に旅立つ勇。ぶっきらぼうで女性との接し方が上手くできない近藤勇の若き日の恋物語です。 渡辺美佐さんの名演をお聞きください。 (全23巻)

This metaphysical self-help classic instills happiness within and urges individuals to pursue a content life without sin, boredom, or contempt. Written decades ago with post-war depression in mind, this text has transcended time and continues to give applicable advice for modern-day individuals.