| A lot of descriptions of illnesses appear not only in his works mentioning his illnesses like "Garasudo no naka" but also in his novels like "Wagahai wa neko dearu," in which Mister Kushami suffers from dyspepsia, "Meian," the opening scene of which is diagnosis of hemorrhoids, and so on. |
『硝子戸の中』のように直接自身の病気に言及した作品以外にも、『吾輩は猫である』の苦沙弥先生が胃弱だったり、『明暗』が痔の診察の場面で始まっていたりするなど、小説にも自身の病気を下敷きにした描写がみられる。 |