Futon (novel)

Futon
1981 edition
AuthorKatai Tayama
LanguageJapanese
GenreI-Novel
PublisherShinshosetsu Journal
Publication date
1907
Publication placeJapan

Futon (蒲団, also translated "The Quilt") is a 1907 Japanese novel written by Katai Tayama, originally published in Shinshosetsu (新小説, translated "New novel") magazine. It is considered to be the first Japanese I-novel, a genre of semi-autobiographical confessional literature.