In another of this author's novels, a character "goes to Suma" whenever she engages in an affair.
This author wrote an essay in which he describes a toilet as "a place of spiritual repose," which compared Western civilization to his own homeland. In one of this author's novels, the main character is financially ruined when he falls in love with a waitress who reminds him of the actress Mary Pickford. That novel of his about Joji is entitled Naomi. In another of this author's novels, a character "goes to Suma" whenever she engages in an affair. That novel of his features the marital problems of Misako and Kaname. He wrote another novel including four siblings in which Yukiko repeatedly fails to get married. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of Some Prefer Nettles and The Makioka Sisters.
This author wrote an essay in which he describes a toilet as "a place of spiritual repose," which compared Western civilization to his own homeland.
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki