In The Tale of Genji, one of these animals named Okinamaro is temporarily exiled from the palace until the Emperor forgives it after it starts crying. For 10 points each:
[10h] What animals also name a group of warriors that title a Kyokutei Bakin novel set during the Ashikaga period that is considered the longest novel in Japanese history?
ANSWER: dogs [accept Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, The Eight Dog Chronicles, Tale of Eight Dogs, or Biographies of Eight Dogs; accept inu]
[10e] The narrator falls in love with a girl who dies after contracting the plague from the village dog Leo in this author’s novel Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids. This author also wrote the semi-autobiographical novel A Personal Matter.
ANSWER: Kenzaburo Oe (“OH-ay”)
[10m] A dog named after Charles Lindbergh is gifted to Hiroshi, the son of Kaname and Misako in this Jun’ichirō Tanizaki novel. Kaname gets drawn into his father-in-law’s obsession with Bunraku theater in this novel.
ANSWER: Some Prefer Nettles [accept Tade kū mushi]
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