# Kyuichi — Kusamakura character guide

> Kyuichi in Kusamakura by Natsume Sōseki.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kyuichi-san, Kyuichi

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A boy of the mountain inn whose teasing curiosity and small errands keep pulling the painter out of his own head and into the village's living texture.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kusamakura_se/chapters/viii)

A young lay-youth and nephew of Squire Shiota, an aspiring painter called to serve in the war in Manchuria.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kusamakura_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as a young man going to the front, a cousin of Nami, who came to say goodbye.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kusamakura_se/chapters/xiii)

The young man being seen off to war; remains silent and sad as the train departs.

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