About the book: year / Mori Ogai (1862-1922) is one of the most significant Japanese writers at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. His work conveys a sense of unity and at the same time difference between two worlds - East and West. The writer’s wise, philosophically deep understanding of life and undeniable artistic skill made his work famous not only in Japan, but throughout the world. According to the unanimous recognition of critics, the writer’s historical stories are the pinnacle of his work. In them, Ogai turned to an artistic study of the morals of the military-feudal nobility, the samurai class, from which he himself came.