Today I learned on Nostr: TIL The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki began serialization in a Japanese ...

TIL The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki began serialization in a Japanese magazine in 1943, but after two installments, the war ministry halted publication of further installments due to the book's focus on "the soft, effeminate, and grossly individualistic lives of women.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Makioka_Sisters#Background
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