Among the literary works of the Meiji period, both Natume Soseki and Mori Ogai command the reputation of literary giants whose works are regarded to have best reflected the modernity of Japan as a nation. In this paper, I will apply a gender studies approach to analyze Natume's most representative work Heart, in order to enunciate how the male protagonist utilizes, fantasizes, alienates, and represses the female when he pursues modernity.