In another novel, Taeko falls in love with Itakura to the disapproval of Sachiko, one of the title siblings.
One story by this author includes a synopsis of the film Les Diaboliques, which the narrator remembers while in a drug-addled delusion. The protagonist of another work by this author idolizes Mary Pickford as well as his dance instructor, Madam Shlemskaya. In one work, this author comments on the use of large eaves and describes the (*) toilet as a place of "spiritual repose." Joji pays for English lessons for his eventual dominatrix in one novel by this man, who wrote about how a disdain for "Osaka traits" is shared by the unhappily- married Kaname and Misako. In another novel, Taeko falls in love with Itakura to the disapproval of Sachiko, one of the title siblings. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of Some Prefer Nettles and The Makioka Sisters.
One story by this author includes a synopsis of the film Les Diaboliques, which the narrator remembers while in a drug-addled delusion.
Junichiro Tanizaki