《纳棺夫日记》描述了作者青木新门做纳棺夫时工作中的点点滴滴,并阐述了作者以及现代日本人的生死观。青木对于日本民众生死观的阐述并不停留于表面态度,而是结合日本的传统文化对日本人的生死观进行剖析,揭示了现代日本人的生死观中既有对传统文化的继承也有放弃。 The Narcissistic Diary depicts a bit of work by the author Aoki in his work as a coffin and expounds the author’s view of life and death in modern Japan. Aoki’s exposition of the concept of life and death of the Japanese people does not stop at the surface attitude, but analyzes the Japanese concept of life and death in combination with Japanese traditional culture, revealing that modern Japanese people both inherit and give up traditional culture.