Shimazaki Toson's personal life was complicated. He was a teacher at Meiji Girls' School but resigned after having a relationship with a student. After his first wife, Fuyuko, whom he married in 1899, passed away in 1910, he had an affair with his niece, Komako Shimazaki, and went to France to end the relationship. During this time, his eldest, second, and third daughters all died of malnutrition. The Shimazaki family had been a family of honjin (inns for high-ranking officials) and shoya (village headmen) in Magome, Kiso, so why would his children suffer from malnutrition? In 1928, he remarried Shizuko Kato, 24 years his junior, who was involved in editing Toson's women's magazine "Shojochi." This book compiles the letters exchanged between Mrs. Shizuko and Toson, as well as memories of their life together. This is a copy of "Toson: Letters to His Wife," edited by Shizuko Shimazaki, published by Iwanami Shoten in July 1968 (first edition), with a slipcase. The spine of the slipcase is slightly tanned, but the main body of the book has little tanning, and there are no stains, writing, or library stamps. Please consider purchasing this book, understanding that it is a 57-year-old used book.