Miyamoto Yuriko's Fuchi-So has been mythified as a novel that presented an ideal picture of a progressive couple. But recent works of criticism have questioned the novel's description of the male-centered relation between the husband and wife. This paper also attempts to discover the causes that prevent them from having an equal relation with each other. For that purpose, I have noted that Jukichi, the husband, is regarded by Hiroko, the wife, as "a natural man," and, by interpreting the meaning of being "natural," clarified the structure of emotion in which Hiroko came to acccept Jukichi, an institutionalized man.
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