These two short novels, published in the early 1930\'s ranked high in Tanizaki\'s own estimation of his work.
Based on invented documents that overlap with historical reality, the stor.
The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi deals with the dark sexual obsessions of a sixteenth-century warlord, accidentally initiated in his youth into the morbid rites attendant upon battle.
The contrast is stark, but in their controlled complexities of tone, both bear the unmistakable stamp of Tanizaki\'s hand.
These two short novels, published in the early 1930\'s ranked high in Tanizaki\'s own estimation of his work