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Japanese Literature (br) Iwanami Bunko / 『 Udaijin (Minister of the Right) Sanetomo 』 is a historical novel written by Dazai Osamu (1909-48) during the war. His thoughts about his contemporaries are told throughout the life of Minamotono Sanetomo, who was a poet and statesman who died tragically during the upheaval of the Middle Ages. It is told by mixing the historical document 『 Azuma Kagami (The Mirror of the East) 』 with an elegant literary work. It is accompanied by an essay, "Iron Menbari" (commentary by Hiroshi ANDO), which tells the background of the creation and criticism of his contemporaries.