[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-268":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Literary Master of Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2355117,4607,"Chapter 268: The Literary Heart","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-268",268,"\u003Cp>Minato Ward, Akiwara Yuto’s home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto sat on the sofa, listening to Asano Aiko’s report on recent work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Akiwara, regarding the book reviews for *Snow Country*, following Ms. Akiyama Emiko, another 35 publications have successively published similar evaluations, the vast majority of which are primarily positive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this number, Akiwara Yuto hesitated for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One had to know that the publications he had deliberately cultivated previously only numbered around 20; where did those other 10-plus come from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemingly seeing through Akiwara Yuto’s confusion, Asano Aiko continued: \"Those extra book reviews were published spontaneously by the critics themselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto pondered for a moment, still somewhat puzzled, suspecting that the critics from these publications were trying to take advantage of the situation, so he pressed: \"Did they ask the foundation for any sponsorship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asano Aiko laughed, then waved her hand, \"They did not, you can rest assured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around, took a stack of publications from the bag behind her, and placed them on the desk; Akiwara Yuto took the publications and began to look through them carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, he discovered that these 10-plus publications were all affiliated with universities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were long-standing literary powerhouses such as \"Kyoto University,\" \"Tsukuba University,\" \"Kobe University,\" and \"Osaka University.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that these journals had the financial support of universities and were not lacking in funds at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this situation made Akiwara Yuto somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would these university journals want to write book reviews for his work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Akiwara, regarding this situation, I spoke on the phone with Professor Toyama Shuichi this morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asano Aiko continued, \"Because you previously published an academic paper on literary thought, the academic circles are still somewhat interested in you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to Professor Toyama, this *Snow Country* of yours is indeed a bit different from tradition in the direction of aestheticist literature, so they might write a few related papers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto heard this, and then suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good grief, so they just want to pad their publication counts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that *Snow Country* has a certain level of heat in the traditional literary world, they can hitch a ride on this express train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the heat, the higher the value of the papers analyzing the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own special background can also become one of the research directions for related papers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto didn't know what thoughts to use to describe his mood for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he gained certain benefits from this matter, all in all, he still felt a bit like he was being \"used.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment, collected his thoughts, looked at the names of the journals again, and asked a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do the University of Tokyo and related journals or school newspapers have any relevant evaluations?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Japanese literary world, the University of Tokyo is a behemoth that cannot be bypassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, in terms of the difficulty of entering literature departments at national and public universities across Japan, the University of Tokyo had the highest deviation value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, it also has many famous writer alumni, such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Natsume Soseki, Mori Ogai, and Mishima Yukio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this world is much the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asano Aiko shook her head, \"There are none.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this answer, Akiwara Yuto began to ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There isn't a single evaluation, not even a negative one; could it be that the writer named Yoshikawa Yuichiro didn't deliberately \"make things difficult\" for him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must know that because of his seniority, he has great influence in the University of Tokyo circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And although this *Snow Country* is the work for which Kawabata Yasunari won the Nobel Prize in Literature, as a work, there are always places that can be criticized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like in his past life, there was no lack of people evaluating it as \"the story is like a running account,\" \"the characters are not full,\" and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But never mind, him \"turning a blind eye\" to himself now might not be a bad thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the voices \"praising himself\" in the traditional literary world become more and more numerous, the other party, as a giant of the literary world, has to consider the voices of the book review circle, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Yoshikawa Yuichiro, who was being worried about by Akiwara Yuto, was holding a copy of *Snow Country* and letting out \"tsk-tsk\" sounds of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is already over 70 years old this year, and one can even see age spots on his face; there is a sense of being old and decrepit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, his hand holding the book was trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Yoshikawa Yuichiro’s focused expression, his disciple Tokuda Takashi knelt on the tatami in the tea room, holding tea without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until his teacher finished the whole book that he put down the tea in his hand and tentatively asked: \"Teacher, what do you think of this work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoshikawa Yuichiro looked at him with a meaningful gaze, then said: \"Since you brought this book for me to see, shouldn't you already have thoughts in your heart?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tokuda Takashi opened his mouth but didn't say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yoshikawa Yuichiro sighed, then continued: \"That child Akiwara Yuto has already walked his own path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of aestheticist literature, this *Snow Country*, in its phrasing and story construction, can be seen to have ultimate \"beauty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this sense of beauty of his follows the path of \"beauty of nothingness\" or \"beauty of loneliness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undoubtedly, this is another kind of breakthrough for his own path of \"pure beauty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems that his idea of wanting to take him as a disciple was a bit too abrupt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, he had seen Akiwara Yuto’s *Rashomon* and thought he was still an uncut jade with great value for carving, which is why he wanted to take him as a disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't expect that this uncut jade actually had another side he didn't know about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock, knock, knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, a sound of footsteps came over, and a middle-aged man wearing a men’s kimono pushed open the shoji door, bowed, and walked into the tea room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His name is Kanno Takuo; he is Yoshikawa Yuichiro’s eldest disciple and also a professor and director of the University of Tokyo’s Literature Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the book review that previously criticized Akiwara Yuto’s *Rashomon* was also issued under his instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After showing respect to his teacher, he handed over an article and said: \"Master, regarding Akiwara Yuto’s *Snow Country*, I have written a book review; please take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he intended to continue his previous actions and criticize Akiwara Yuto, this \"outlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoshikawa Yuichiro took the book review and began to read it carefully. But as he read, his expression became more and more serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Rip!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his wrinkled hands, he tore the manuscript directly into two halves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, what are you doing?\" Kanno Takuo revealed a shocked expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yoshikawa Yuichiro glanced at him and said bluntly: \"Kanno, where has your literary heart gone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his teacher’s reprimand, Kanno Takuo was \"at a loss,\" and could only lower his head deeply, listening to his teacher’s scolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his disciple’s actions, Yoshikawa Yuichiro was silent for a while before saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't concern myself with your previous actions using my name, but for truly excellent authors, you should have reverence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kanno Takuo continued to lower his head, but his heart was stirred with stormy waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto could actually be called an excellent author by his own teacher; this is a very high evaluation...\u003C\u002Fp>",1263,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","ab57c2a1491db94fca3fb125f87cd729dcb178970240b2f0b5662d2fc2a7040b","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-269","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-267",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]