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Glenn Gould reads from Soseki Natsume "The Three-Cornered World /
Kusamakura" (草枕 by 夏目漱石）（日本語　英語字幕付き）
(14 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsmA6DMvsLc



GG reads from the beginning of the novel


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.... from Kusamakura ("pillow of grass"), which
Soseki wrote in 1906.

Two men, a painter and a Zen priest,
are sitting in a room in the latter's rectory. It is night. The
priest looks toward the garden and says:


" 'Look at the shadow of that pine tree.'

'It is beautiful.'

'Is that all?'

'Yes.'

'But it is more than beautiful. It does not mind if the wind blows.'

I drink the rest of the tea and
put the cup down carefully. I stand up.

'I'll accompany you to the gate,' he says, and calls the young novice.

'Ryonen! Ryonen! The guest is leaving!'

As we come out of the rectory, we hear the cooing of the pigeons.

'There is nothing so lovable as pigeons. When I clap my hands, they all
come to me. Would you like to see?'

The moon is brighter than ever. The numberless flowers of the
magnolia tree rise layer after layer towards the sky. In the
silence of the spring night, the priest claps his hands. The sound is
carried away by the breeze. He says,

'Aren't they going to come down? Surely they will.'

Ryonen looks at me and grins slightly. The priest must think that
pigeons can see at night.

What a carefree life, I think to myself.

We part at the gate. I look back and see the shadows,
one large and one small, on the stone pavement. Slowly, as the two
walk towards the rectory, the shadows fade away."

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