Author

Natsume Sōseki

Portrait of Natsume Sōseki.
Portrait of Natsume Sōseki. Source · Public domain
Kokoro

1914 · Early 20th Century · Novel

Kokoro, a word meaning heart, mind or the core of things, is in three parts. In the first, 'Sensei and I', a young university student in Tokyo meets an older man at the seaside resort of Kamakura and is drawn to him, calling him Sensei, 'teacher'.