どくとるマンボウ昆虫記

by Morio Kita

虫に関する思い出や伝説や空想を自然の観察を織りまぜて語り、美醜さまざまの虫と人間が同居する地球の豊かさを味わえるエッセイ。

211 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Morio Kita was the pen name of Japanese novelist, essayist, and psychiatrist, Sokichi Saitō. He attended Azabu High School, Matsumoto Higher School (now part of Shinshu University) and graduated from Tohoku University's School of Medicine.
He initially worked as a doctor at Keio University Hospital. Motivated by the collections of his father's poems and the books of German author Thomas Mann, he decided to become a novelist.
He is the father of the essayist Yuka Saitō.