Fusako+Kuroda

“Never had he observe a woman’s body so closely. Her shoulders, like the shoreline sloped gently downward.” (p7) “For Ryuji, the kiss was death, the very death in love he always demand of.”(p77) “devoured the man with her eyes testing the sufficiency of that bond” (p88)

Fusako didn’t speak, but she looked like a bottle full of feeling boiling against the small cork stopper. Her expression might have meant joy or sorrow- a woman’s sodden face” (p105) Venus has banked into the south (p109) I’m trembling with the sweetness of her being here, and when she feels me tremble she’ll tilt up like a leaf in a wind tossed tree and show the white backs of those eyes of hers(P43) “Fusako was wearing a black-laced kimono over a crimson under robe, and her obi was white brocade. (p42) “To a man locked up in a steel ship all the time, the sea is too much like a woman. Things like her lulls and storms, or her caprice, or her beauty of her breast repflecting the setting sun are all obvious.” (p41) "The moment he had sailed, her zeal for tennis and embroidery had increased." (p99)

Fusako A strong, independent lady So beautiful, So seductive, "To a man locked up in a steel ship" (41)

To a sailor, "the sea Was too much like this woman. Her lulls and storms" (41) Luring the unwary sailor Her shoulders, "like the shoreline Sloped gently downward" (7) "Her breast reflecting the Setting sun." (41)

"Trembling with the sweetness of her being there," (43) Her wave of emotion Caused a slight ripple of Interruption in Ryuji's pursuit of glory And so the sailor was Placed so carefully In the storm, Like a leaf in a wind tossed tree

"Like a bottle full of feeling boiling against the small cork stopper" (105) Her fragile glass body cracks, The pieces anchor firmly in his heart.

And when "Venus has banked into the south" (109) They kissed with "Eyes Devouring" (88) and "For Ryuji, the kiss was death" (77) And before he falls to Disgrace, Dishonor, Disrespect Gleaming, cold scissors cut Her "black-laced kimono" (42) tied, and Drop him into the Golden Sea.