NATSUME SOSEKI: The Greatest Modern Japanese Novelist

During January, the Embassy of Japan is delighted to be able to show some rarely seen artefacts, such as original letters, from the Soseki Collection held at Tohoku University Library.

Although he is well known in his native Japan, many in the United Kingdom will not have heard of Natsume Soseki. He lived in London for a while, as one of Japan’s first Government scholars sent abroad to study, and is recognised as one of the country’s greatest literary figures. He is one of a select few individuals whose face has appeared on the 1000 yen note in the modern era.