Soseki Natsume’s “I Am a Cat” A comedy-drama that transcended the time and countries

Bronze statue of Soseki Natsume at Natsume Soseki Memorial Museum

Soseki Natume was born on February 9, 1867, in Ushigome Babashita, Edo (present-day Kikuicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo). On October 14 of the same year, Taisei Hokan (Restoration of Imperial Rule ) took place. Japan was in the midst of the Meiji Revolution as the era shifted from Edo to Meiji. That was more than 150 years