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Daini Konnyaku-bonAuthor: Izumi Kyoka
| Original Title | 第二菎蒻本 |
|---|---|
| Author | 泉 鏡花 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | On a snow-laden night in Tokyo, Yoshioka Shunkichi encounters a hauntingly beautiful woman cloaked in crimson silk, her presence as vivid as blood against winter’s pallor. Their meeting rekindles fragmented memories of a turbulent past—a fleeting romance marred by violence and betrayal. Years earlier, Osome, a geisha bound by circumstance, had entered Shunkichi’s life like a storm, her allure intertwined with desperation. Now, she reappears as an apparition of longing, her scarred body a testament to unspeakable suffering. As snow blurs reality and memory, Shunkichi is drawn into a labyrinth of guilt and desire, where spectral visions of bloodstained silk and phantom whispers blur the line between the living and the dead. Amidst lamplit gatherings and icy streets, their fates unravel like threads of a cursed tapestry, leaving Shunkichi to confront shadows of a love that refuses to die—or let him forget. The past bleeds into the present, demanding reckoning beneath the weight of snow and secrets. |
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