A Study of body appeared in Literary Work : with reference to the works of Junichiro Tanizaki

The aim of this study is to make clear the literary image of body in relation to the social structure from the late Taisho era to the early Showa era. For this paper, the works of Junichiro Tanizaki examined here. Literary works have been thought to be a useful meams of as seeing of body. Literature makes it possible to analyse contemporary society more realistically than by social science, because it tends to show the time and society more vividly by its free imagination. To explain body through literature seems to be most suitable approach. For this point of view, the image of body appeared in literary work from the lateTaisho era to the early Showa era discussed in this paper, mainly concerning body treated in the wors of Junichiro Tanizaki