Chapter 16 "Maruzen" and "Wanyin"

"Maruzen" and "Wanyin" I remember that Mr. Guo Moruo once wrote a short story titled "Wan Yin", about a book buyer The story of stealing books in a bookstore.The background is a Japanese bookstore, which is very large and sells of foreign language documents.I speculate that what he wrote must be the former "Maruzen Bookstore" in Japan, that is, "Maruzen Co., Ltd. Club". The protagonist in that novel wanted to steal a few books because he had no money to buy them. It seems that De Wenzhe I don't know if it's Nietzsche or Kant, because I don't have Guo's original text at hand, so I can't remember clearly. "Wan Yin"

It is Japanese, which means stealing books in bookstores. Guo Lao's "Wan Yin" is of course not about "stealing books", but what he wrote in the novel The large scale of this bookstore and the rich collection on the shelves really fascinated me when I read it. This bookstore in Japan, which specializes in selling foreign language books, is said to still exist, and it can be said to have been famous for a long time.it is at It is often mentioned in the articles of Lu Xun and Yu Dafu.Some foreign language books of the Zhou Brothers, It seems to be bought from this bookstore.Even I myself have dealt with their mail department.That

It was still around 1930.At that time, I was keen on collecting exlibris, and I participated in the Japanese A "Exlibris Club" hosted by Masao Saito writings.But this is an unpopular book, and it cannot be bought in the Western Bookstore in Shanghai, so I wrote to Japan to "Maruzen" asked.Their service organization is really good, there is a quick reply, and they have opened about A bibliography of exlibris, and several that are currently in their shop.At that time, I wrote to ask them to save the existing Several of them were sent by the "international COD" method.Now I still have a French published thin volume on my shelf

I bought my exlibris yearbook from them.This is what I took with me by accident when I left Shanghai. It is one of the surviving remnants of the book, and the rest have long been lost to nowhere. Japan is a country with a very developed publishing industry, so their bookstore management is also top-notch of.The "Neishan" and "Zhichengtang" seen in Shanghai before can already be seen.total books and magazines They are piled there randomly for you to browse through, and few shop assistants will come over and ask you what you want to buy. Of course, there are probably some people who are secretly watching, otherwise there would be no "Wan Wan" written by Mr. Guo.

Citation" story. I have never been to Japan, let alone "Maruzen".But thinking of this famous bookstore, still I can't help but be fascinated.