Figure 1. From the “The Walking Man: Taniguchi Jirō” exhibit at the Setagaya Literary Museum. Visible here are the debut and early works “Song of the Bird Never Sung” (“Koe ni narakatta tori no uta,” 1970) [on the right] and “Parched Room…
It was later transferred to the Kurage Bunch website where it ran from April to July 2021. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from January to March 2023.
He was saved by a jockey riding alongside him, George Taniguchi, who was so powerful that he was able to catch Longden with one hand…and righted him in the saddle, also with one hand.