This novel portrays personal relations between men and their code of honor and responsibility.
Natsume Soseki wrote his masterpiece Kokoro in 1914. The importance of Soseki in Japanese literature is that he used the effects of modernity in literature as no other writer of his time, but like the growing ranks of fellow intellectuals and writers during the first two decades of the twentieth century, Soseki portrays significant gaps in what might have been a critical vision on Japan’s presence in Asia. Soseki combines naturalist principles and Romantic ideals portraying unique personal feelings and experiences of the Japanese nation. The uniqueness and significance of Soseki are that he changed traditional Japanese literary themes and styles and introduced the modern vision of reality and the historical era.
The book Kokoro vividly reflects new realistic ideas and the new historical era of Japan depicted through unique themes and stylistic devices.
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