Grass on the Wayside

Synopsis

Grass on the wayside is an autobiographical novel written by soseki natsume in 1915. It encompasses a short period in natsume’s life between 1903 and 1905, which corresponds to the later part of japan’s meiji era (1868-1912). By 1903, japan had undergone a rapid transformation from a closed feudal society to an open free market democracy built on the european model.