Crimson (Sata novel)
Japanese novel
Crimson (Japanese: くれなゐ, Hepburn: Kurenai) is an autobiographical novel by Japanese writer Ineko Sata first published between 1936 and 1938. It is regarded as one of Sata's most important works.
Plot
After the return of her husband Kōsuke from a prison sentence for his left-wing activities, Akiko Kakimura, a writer and political activist like Kōsuke, is facing constant struggles while trying to maintain her role as a mother, wife, and professional writer supporting her family. For a while, she moves into a flat in the working class district of Koto-ku, Tokyo, eager to keep the connection to "the masses" she writes about, but later returns to the family home in Totsuka. In a time of governmental political oppression, Akiko is herself arrested, spending 40 days in custody, just after her close friend Kishiko. Upon her release, the conflicts between her and Kōsuke, both struggling for their own private and working space, increase. One day, Kōsuke announces that he has fallen in love with another woman and wants to move in with her. The couple decides to separate, but remain in the family register together. When Akiko declares that she does not want any more intimacy between herself and her husband, Kōsuke rapes her. Shortly after, his affair ends, and Akiko and Kōsuke refrain from their intended separation, which they make public in the press.
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