Tanizaki was one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, and remains perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Soseki. Junichiro Tanizaki ( July 24, 1886 - July 30, 1965)

He wrote some great books and here's the amazon page on the books he wrote :
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-5919861-6485743

And here is the wikipedia link on junichiro tanizaki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichiro_Tanizaki

and Tanizaki's predecessor, Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), is considered as ' foremost japanese author'. Here's the wikipedia link :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume_Soseki

Here's the amazon link on Natsume Soseki :

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=br_ss_hs/102-5919861-6485743?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dstripbooks%3Arelevance-above%26dispatch%3Dsearch%26results-process%3Dbin&field-keywords=%22Natsume+Soseki%22

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