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A first edition of The Tattoo, published by Momiyama Shoten in 1911 with a binding by prominent artist Hashiguchi Goyō. (© Yamanaka Takeshi)
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Tanizaki oversaw this deluxe edition of Some Prefer Nettles, published by Sōgensha seven years after the first edition. (© Yamanaka Takeshi)
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The washi paper is meticulously bound with a side-stitch, and illustrations are by Koide Narashige. (© Yamanaka Takeshi)
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A first edition of From the Life of Shunkin, published by Sōgensha in 1933. Tanizaki had the idea to use a lacquered cover. (© Yamanaka Takeshi)
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The opening page of the story. (© Yamanaka Takeshi)
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Some months before his death, Tanizaki took a photograph at his Kyoto home with the actresses Kusabue Mitsuko, at left, and Tsukasa Yōko, who had appeared in film and television adaptations of his work and become good friends with him. (© Sankei Shimbun)
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