Botchan ( 坊っちゃん ) is a novel written by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is one of the most popular Japanese novels, read by many during their school years. The central theme of the story is morality , but there are generous amounts of humor and sarcasm alongside it.
13-519: The story is based on the author's personal experience as a teacher dispatched to Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku . Sōseki was born in Tokyo , and dwelling in Matsuyama was his first experience living elsewhere. The novel is set at a middle school identified by critics as Matsuyama's present day Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Higashi High School . Botchan (young master) is the first-person narrator of
26-924: A modest household with Kiyo. After Kiyo dies of pneumonia, he has her respectfully interred in his own family's grave plot. Jiro Taniguchi adapted parts of the novel into his ten-volume series—published in Japan beginning in 1986—called The Times of Botchan in English. Other translations have appeared in French ( Au temps de Botchan ), Italian (' Ai tempi di Bocchan ) and Spanish ( La epoca de Botchan ), all published by Coconino Press. A new translation has also appeared in Spanish, published by Editorial Impedimenta . There were film adaptations by Toho predecessor P.C.L. in 1935; Tokyo Eiga in 1953; and Shochiku in 1958, 1966, and 1977. Numerous television adaptations have included
39-452: A remote post on the pretext of furthering his career. Next he uses a contrived street brawl and his newspaper connections to defame both mathematics teachers (Botchan and Porcupine) and to force Porcupine's resignation. Botchan and Porcupine realize that they cannot beat the system, so they scheme a way to get even. They stake out Red Shirt's known haunt, an inn near the hot springs town, and catch him and his sidekick Hanger-on sneaking home in
52-548: Is finishing middle school, his father falls ill and passes away. His older brother liquidates the family assets and provides Botchan with 600 yen before leaving to start his own career. Botchan uses this money to study physics for three years. On graduating, he accepts a job teaching middle school mathematics in Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku. He frequents Dōgo Onsen , a hot spring . Botchan's tenure in Matsuyama turns out to be short (less than two months) but eventful. His arrogance and quick temper immediately lead to clashes with
65-569: The 1980 TMS Entertainment film supervised by Osamu Dezaki and the 1986 animated version in the form of two episodes of the anime series Animated Classics of Japanese Literature ( 青春アニメ全集 , Seishun Anime Zenshu ) , which was released in North America by Central Park Media . Matsuyama, Ehime Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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91-471: The middle school staff. Botchan struggles initially to see through the guises and sort out the players. After several missteps, he concludes that Squash and the head mathematics teacher (Porcupine) hold the moral high ground in the conflict. Red Shirt, who presents himself as a refined scholar, turns out to be highly superficial and self-serving. As the story progresses, Red Shirt schemes to eliminate his rivals. He begins by having Uranari (Squash) transferred to
104-448: The morning after overnighting with geisha. With his usual eloquence, Red Shirt points out that they have no direct proof of any wrongdoing. Botchan and Porcupine overcome this technicality by pummeling both Red Shirt and Yoshikawa into submission on the spot. After dispensing justice with his fists, Botchan drops a letter of resignation into the mail and immediately heads for the harbor. He returns to Tokyo, finds employment, and establishes
117-585: The neighborhood, having a reputation as the local roughneck. Kiyo, the family's elderly maidservant, is the only one who finds anything redeeming in Botchan's character. After Botchan's mother passes away, Kiyo devotes herself fervently to his welfare, treating him from her own allowance with gifts and favors. Botchan initially finds her affection onerous, but over time he grows to appreciate her dedication, and she eventually becomes his mother figure and moral role model. Six years after his mother's death, as Botchan
130-451: The novel. He grows up in Tokyo as a reckless and rambunctious youth. In the opening chapter he hurts himself jumping from the second floor of his elementary school, fights the boy next door, and tramples a neighbor's carrot patch by wrestling ( sumo style) on the straw that covers the seedlings. His parents favor his older brother, who is quiet and studious. Botchan is also not well regarded in
143-446: The students and staff. The students retaliate excessively by tracking his every movement in the small town and traumatizing him during his 'night duty' stay in the dormitory. Mischief by the students turns out to be just the first salvo in a broader web of intrigue and villainy. The school's assistant head teacher (Red Shirt) and English teacher (Squash) are vying for the hand of the local beauty (Madonna), and two camps have formed within
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#1732779740419156-418: Was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. Dezaki started out as a manga artist while still in high school. In 1963 he joined Mushi Production , which was founded by manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka . He made his debut as a director in 1970 with Ashita no Joe . After working with Mushi Production, Dezaki co-founded Madhouse with Masao Maruyama , Rintaro , and Yoshiaki Kawajiri . Dezaki
169-648: Was known for his distinct visual style, which makes use of split screen , stark lighting, extensive use of dutch angle , and pastel freeze frames that he called "postcard memories", which may be his most famous trademark. They feature a process whereby the screen fades into a detailed "painting" of the simpler original animation. Many of his techniques became popular and came to be seen as special techniques of Japanese animation. He particularly influenced Yoshiaki Kawajiri , Yoshiyuki Tomino , Ryūtarō Nakamura , Noriyuki Abe , Kunihiko Ikuhara , Akiyuki Shinbo , and Yutaka Yamamoto . His older brother, Satoshi Dezaki ,
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