[Large Print Book] Red Beard's Medical Tales, Volumes 1 and 2: The Madwoman's Tale/The Runaway Complaint

Red Beard's Practice" is a collection of short historical novels by Shugoro Yamamoto. This collection includes two of the eight stories in total. The first story, about a madwoman, is an excellent piece of entertainment, and it's no surprise that it was used as the opening scene of Akira Kurosawa's film "Red Beard." Promised to be the shogunate's doctor, Noboru Yasumoto completes his three-year study in Nagasaki and is ordered to serve as a medical apprentice at Koishikawa Sanatorium, known as Red Beard. Noboru is not happy with this and rebels, but he gradually becomes drawn to Red Beard's strong will and humanism.

[The inspiration for creating large-print boldface books] My mother is hard of hearing and doesn't watch TV, but she loves reading and was far from dementia. But one day, she was unable to read the fine Mincho font, and began spending the whole day in a daze, doing nothing. Worried about developing dementia, she tried using magnifying glasses and glasses, but nothing worked, and she refused to read large-print fineface books either. As a test, I published a book with large, bold print on Kindle and showed it to him. He was thrilled, saying, "I can read this without glasses!" He read it all in one day, and said, "Please continue reading next time." (laughs) I, the editor, had distanced myself from reading because I developed cataracts and the text became blurry, but the bold print is easy to read, and it reminded me of the joy of turning the next page. I would be happy if I could bring the joy of reading back to those whose eyes have started to blur. Even if you don't read much and are tired of the small print on your smartphone, I recommend it! I hope you will experience the thrill of consuming a novel in one go.