language, 11–16, 18, 30, 33, 48, 54–55n31, 97–98, 125, 128, 173, 175, 180–181, 196–197, 201, 204n2, 205n12, 207n44, 208n46, 218, 223, 225, 228, 231–232

machiai, 64, 67–70, 74, 80, 82

masochism, 46, 105, 128–129, 132, 143, 146–152, 170n73, 211

Matsumoto Toshio, 4, 18, 117–119, 162, 225, 234n21

Meiji period, 24, 27, 51n2, 51n4, 55n40, 108n15

melancholia, 25, 36–37, 40–41, 131, 146–147, 150, 174–175

Memoirs of a Geisha (film), 1–2

memory, 3, 6–7, 24, 27–28, 30, 34–36, 38, 41, 44–45, 118, 125, 129, 133, 136–137, 139, 142–144, 147, 150, 153, 160, 162–163, 169n57, 173, 176, 179, 183, 185, 198, 209, 225

Mishima Yukio, 4, 18, 114n93, 137–138, 146, 152, 169–170n66, 210–224, 227, 232–234n17

Mizoguchi Kenji, 1–2, 10, 191

modernity, 10, 16, 26–27, 30, 32, 37, 44, 51n4, 63, 65, 99–100, 103, 105, 107n6

moga, 83–88, 93–94, 104, 168n48

montage, 10, 18, 153, 163–164, 212, 214–218, 221–223

mourning, 3, 16–17, 25, 37, 40, 46, 146–147, 204n3, 125–126, 130, 147, 150, 154, 230

Murakami Ryû, 4, 14, 48, 108n17, 117–119, 127, 145–161, 170n70, 170n73, 225, 230

Nagai Kafû, 4–5, 11, 13–14, 16–18, 20n7, 21n13, 24–25, 27, 34–50, 51n2, 53n16, 53–54n21, 55n37, 55–56n40, 56n55, 60–82, 103, 105–106, 110n41, 115–116, 121, 126, 132, 134, 146, 175, 177–178, 192, 203, 230

Nagareru, 13, 15–16, 18, 24, 26, 39, 42, 113n72, 131–132, 134, 146, 150, 164, 165n5, 167–168n42, 168n47, 170n71, 173–203, 204n2, 204–205n5, 205n12, 207n44, 207–208n46, 210

narrowness, 1–2, 18, 44, 174–192, 200, 207n44

Naruse Mikio, 191, 205n12, 207n43

nikutai bungaku, 16, 118, 122–125, 128, 137

“Nikutai no mon”, 14, 18, 22n22, 117–120, 122–146, 149, 158, 160, 166–167n28, 167n35, 167–168n42, 168n47, 170n72, 219

nostalgia, 6, 21n9, 28, 32, 35, 48–50, 51n4, 52–53n14, 153, 229

Ohno Kazuo, 4, 18, 158, 206n25, 210, 214, 223–232

Okamezasa, 18, 21n13, 27, 56n55, 61–82, 83, 87, 92–93, 95–96, 103–106, 108n19, 108–109n21, 109n29, 109–110n30, 110n39, 113n69, 116–117, 131, 166n19, 168n45, 177

Our Lady of the Flowers, 152, 158, 186, 223, 225–226, 231