The Wild Geese by Mori Ōgai: “Once I found a Chinese-edition Jin Ping Mei at a secondhand bookstall and asked the owner the price. He said seven yen. [auto-translated]”
Vita Sexualis by Mori Ōgai: “One day I saw a Chinese-bound book peeking out from under the master's desk, and it was the Jin Ping Mei. I had read only Bakin's Kinpeibai, but I knew the Chinese edition of the Jin Ping Mei was very different, and I thought: this master is a man one can't let one's guard down around. [auto-translated]”