Kunio Tsuji September 1925 – July 1999 Novelist and French literature scholar. He was also a professor at Gakushuin University. His court rank was Shogoi (Senior Fifth Rank). Graduate of the University of Tokyo, Department of French Literature Representative Works "In the Corridor" (1963) "Summer Fortress" (1966) "Azuchi Okan-ki" (1968) "Sagano Meigetsu-ki" (1971) "Julian the Apostate" (1972) "Saigyo Kaden" (1995) Major Awards Modern Literature Award (1963) Agency for Cultural Affairs New Artist Award (1969) Mainichi Art Award (1973) Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Prize (1995) Saigyo Kaden By Kunio Tsuji Shinchosha, 19th printing, March 1996 Kiku-ban (size), price 3,500 yen, 525 pages Serialized intermittently in the literary magazine "Shincho" published by Shinchosha from the January 1991 issue to the June 1993 issue. It was revised and expanded, and published as a single volume in 1995. In the same year, it won the Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Prize (31st). The author's own commentary is included in the posthumously published essay collection "Biko no Michi" and "Monogatari no Umi e - Tsuji Kunio Jisaku wo Kataru". It is like a biography of Saigyo, but it is also a book of thought and a book on the art of poetry. The background includes the Genpei War from the Heian to the Kamakura periods. You can feel the atmosphere of Kyoto, the Kinokawa River, Mount Koya, Yoshino, and Michinoku. It is written in beautiful Japanese. Focusing on the fictional character Fujiwara Akizane, Saigyo himself, and the people around him talk about Saigyo, and the narrator of the reminiscences changes with each chapter, with the person himself or acquaintances. What kind of existence was "poetry" for the people of the time, to the extent that Saigyo himself strongly recommended it to the downtrodden Emperor Sutoku? The interest never ceases. Protected by hatron paper, the condition is good, please see the photos. We ask for the understanding of those who understand used books.