Tokyo Disaster Picture Book

Please don't worry, I've already made up my mind.

The tragic love story between a genius art school student and the girl who served as his model. This full-length novel by a pioneer of Taisho romanticism, written during the hiatus of the title story's serialization, is now available in book form for the first time, along with a valuable account of the Great Kanto Earthquake. It includes 97 illustrations.

After sending Omiki home, Hayama sat on a bench, staring intently at one spot. It was the first time he had ever seen a young girl cry. He reflected on the first time in his life that he had narrowly managed to hold on while being swept away by her flood of tears. (...) But then, Hayama suddenly remembered the words she had said as she left the studio: "I've already made up my mind." "O-Miki might die. That's no longer a matter of logic. I can't just leave this here," Hayama thought, jumping up from his chair as if he had been bounced, quickly changing into his kimono, and rushing outside. As he walked down the road where O-Miki must have gone, far away from him, he became very sentimental and hurried down the road. (From the book)