The protagonist of a historical novella by this author places a servant in a hole under the floor so that his head seems to be decapitated, and orders his wife to cut off that servant’s nose. Another (15[2])novel by this author consists of two parallel (-5[1])diaries kept by a wife and her (15[1])husband, who tries to spark an affair between her and (15[1])their friend Kimura. (15[1])This author of The (*) Key and (10[1])The Secret (10[1])History of the Lord of Musashi wrote a novel in which a (-5[1])28-year-old (10[2])engineer (10[1])begins an affair (10[1])with a 15-year-old (10[1])waitress (10[1])who reminds him of Mary Pickford. (10[1])A cultural (10[1])traditionalist invites his daughter and (10[1])his (10[1])son-in-law to a (10[1])bunraku (10[1])performance in (10[2])a novel by this author that follows the waning marriage of Misako and Kaname. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Japanese author of Naomi and Some Prefer Nettles. (10[1])■END■