Nowaki (novel)

Nowaki
AuthorNatsume Sōseki
Original title野分 (Nowaki)
TranslatorWilliam Ridgeway
LanguageJapanese
Publication date
1907
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
2011
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN978-1-929280-68-1

Nowaki (野分 Nowaki) is a short Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916). Written in 1907, the novel was published in the magazine Hototogisu in January. The year 1907 was a turning point in the author's life when he left his Tokyo University teaching position to write full-time for the daily Asahi Shimbun. He also serialized the novel Gubijinsō (虞美人草) the same year.