Money Book

I can pay it back, little by little." After "deadline" comes "money"! The latest installment in the popular anthology of literary masters, which has sold a total of 50,000 copies. Borrowing money from friends, drinking with the borrowed money, living off your parents, and thinking of ways to make money other than writing. While struggling between reality and ideals, he lives each day to the fullest. Even if his savings run dry, his talent never runs dry. 100 life-or-death money stories from 96 people, including writers, businessmen, and musicians.

❖ Table of Contents Shibusawa Eiichi: The Effectiveness of a Work Depends on the Person Introduction

Chapter I: We Have No Money! Nagai Kafu: The Life of a Writer Natsume Soseki: The Life of a Writer Uchida Hyakken: Notes from a Frozen Life Hagiwara Sakutaro: Letters (1929) Izumi Kyoka: Discussion of a Debut Work (Part 1) Kitahara Hakushu: Letters (1925) Kunikida Doppo: Diary (1897) Kaneko Mitsuharu: Skull Cup Yokomitsu Riichi: Letters (1930) Masaoka Shiki: Letters (1897) Taneda Santoka: Diary (1939/1940) Ogawa Mimei: Fifty Years of Writing Fairy Tales Tsuji Jun: I Need a Hypnotic/The Final Manuscript Mushanokoji Saneatsu: Whimsical Diary Muro Saisei: Diary (1948) Akutagawa Ryunosuke: Notes from Friends Miyoshi Tatsuji: A Life of Poverty Kusano Shinpei Wandering Days Tatsuo Hori, Postcard, 1925 Jun Takami, Diary, 1946 Mari Mori, Around Fact and Fantasy Shotaro Ishinomori, There Was a Beethoven Death Mask in My Room Osamu Hashimoto, A Man's Work = The Author Arisugawa Arisu, My Early Years

Chapter II: Money vs. Pride Osamu Dazai, The Thinking Reed (Part 4) Shimei Futabatei, Confessions of Half My Life Kyusaku Yumeno, From an Old Diary Kenichi Kato, Sanjugo Naoki Sanjugo Naoki, Write, Write, Write Eiji Yoshikawa, Letter, 1958 Ashiho Inagaki, My Hut is in Tatsumi, the Capital Takashi Yanase, The Right Principles for Making Money Kiyoshiro Imawano, There Are So Many Things That Are Not Sung Setsuko and Susumu Hani, Asahi Shimbun, Personal Counseling

Chapter III: Money vs. Pride Money, Money, Money Yasunari Kawabata: My Life Setsuko Koizumi: Memories Hanaba Tayama: Thirty Years in Tokyo Hyakken Uchida: The Pawnshop Curtain Sanjugo Naoki: The Secret of Making Money Masuji Ibuse: Don't Take a Break Today Bocho Yamamura: Letters from 1923 Kenichi Kato: Shiro Ozaki Renzaburo Shibata: Ten Years After the War Taiko Hirabayashi: Running Away on New Year's Eve Shinbo Minami: An Extraordinary Story Yoshiharu Tsuge: Days of Walking Sakyo Komatsu: A Majestic and Enthralling History of the Showa Era: Postwar Edition Genpei Akasegawa: Investigating the Power of the One-Yen Coin Sayaka Murata: A Person Who Is Bad at Math Emi Yamada: Soulful for the Spring Yet to Come Yasa Machida: Three Days of Deadly Struggle: The Apprentice's Chinjao Hiroshi Homura: Monetary Conversion

Chapter IV: The Story of Money in Publishing Houses Seiji Noma: Research and Investigation Yasaburo Shimonaka Sharing Memories on the 40th Anniversary of Heibonsha's Founding Yoshiaki Sato: Publishing Memories Takemi Ishikawa: Battlefield Stories Kan Kikuchi: Bungeishunju Editorial Notes Masaaki Tachihara: Waseda Bungaku Editorial Notes Morio Kita: Doctor Manbou's Youth

Chapter V: The Manners of Debt Takuboku Ishikawa: Romanized Diary Kyōsuke Kindaichi: Echoes of Takuboku Nobuko Yoshiya: The Man Who Never Returned from Shanghai (Tamura Toshiko and Me) Chiyo Uno: My Literary Memoirs Ei Tsuboi: The Sleep of Money Atsushi Mori: My Encounter with Alcohol Osamu Dazai: Letters from 1936 Futaro Yamada: Diary from 1951 Aya Koda: One Question a Day Seiji Noma: Returning What I Borrow Ango Sakaguchi: Letters from 1936

Chapter VI: Men, Women, and Money Junichiro Tanizaki A book given to Sato Haruo that tells the story of his past life Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Letter, 1916 Ranpo Edogawa's About His Wife Takiji Kobayashi's Letter, 1925 Sakunosuke Oda's Diary, 1938 Shusaku Endo's Household Account Book: A Tale of Humanity Shotaro Ikenami's Tip Sawako Ariyoshi's From My Perspective as a Writer and as a Wife Fujio Akatsuka's Live Your Life to the Fullest

Chapter VII: Gone with the Money Hakucho Masamune's I'm Old Santoka Taneda's White Road Zenzo Kasai's Complaints, Waste, and Sarcasm Chiyo Uno's Story of My Youth Masako Shirasu's Being True to Oneself Shunsuke Tsurumi's Mossy Diary Junnosuke Yoshiyuki's Way of Thinking About How to Spend Money Akiyuki Nosaka's Daiko-Style Trend Shintaro Ishihara's The Charm of Poverty Yoko Sano's Willing to Die Mineo Maya's No Problem Today Vol. 8 Takeshi Kitano: Relationship Issues Haruki Murakami: Where Has Poverty Gone? Mitsuyo Kakuta: One Day (November 9, 1995, for example) 5,964 yen Money Q&A 1. Masuji Ibuse 2. Ramo Nakajima 3. Futaro Yamada 4. Shugoro Yamamoto 5. Jun Ishikawa 6. Seiko Tanabe Appendix: Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize Prize Money "Chuokoron" Price List Literary Income Rankings Monthly Production Rankings of Contemporary Writers Author Introduction/References Shinpei Kusano: Song of the Fire Wheel