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The Second Generation Of Postwar Writers
The is a classification in modern Japanese literature used for writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1948 and 1949. Exceptional in this generation of postwar writers are Mishima Yukio and Abe Kōbō, both of whom have received acclaim in Japan and abroad. At times, their reputation abroad has surpassed that of their reputation in Japan. List of Second Generation writers * Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫) * Abe Kōbō (安部公房) * Ōoka Shōhei (大岡昇平) * Shimao Toshio (島尾敏雄) * Hotta Yoshie (堀田善衛) * Inoue Mitsuharu (井上光晴) See also * Japanese literature Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanes ... * The First Generation of Postwar Writers * The Third Generation of Postwar Writers Second Generation of Postwar Writers ...
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Japanese Literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanese creole language. Indian literature also had an influence through the spread of Buddhism in Japan. During the Heian period, Japan's original culture () developed and literature also established its own style, with the significant usage and development of to write Japanese literature. Following the Perry Expedition which led to the end of the policy and the forced reopening of foreign trade, Western literature has also made influences to the development of modern Japanese writers, while Japanese literature has in turn become more recognized internationally, leading to two Japanese Nobel laureates in literature, namely Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburō Ōe. History Nara-period literature (before 794) Before the introduction of kanji f ...
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Postwar
In Western usage, the phrase post-war era (or postwar era) usually refers to the time since the end of World War II. More broadly, a post-war period (or postwar period) is the interval immediately following the end of a war. A post-war period can become an interwar period or interbellum, when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (such as the period between World War I and World War II). By contrast, a post-war period marks the cessation of armed conflict entirely. Post–World War II Chronology of the post–World War II era The term "post-war" can have different meanings in different countries and refer to a period determined by local considerations based on the effect of the war there. Some examples of post-war events are (in chronological order) ;The Cold War (1947–1991) The Cold War was a geopolitical conflict between the capitalist and liberal democratic United States of America, the authoritarian and Communist Marxist–Leninist Union of Soviet Soc ...
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Mishima Yukio
, born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, Nationalism, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, but the award went to his countryman and benefactor Yasunari Kawabata. His works include the novels and , and the autobiographical essay . Mishima's work is characterized by "its luxurious vocabulary and decadent metaphors, its fusion of Japanese literature, traditional Japanese and modern Western literature, Western literary styles, and its obsessive assertions of the unity of beauty, eroticism and death", according to author Andrew Rankin. Mishima's political activities made him a controversial figure, which he remains in modern Japan. From his mid-30s, Mishima's Right-wing politics, right-wing ideology was increasingly revealed. He was proud of the traditional culture and spirit of ...
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Abe Kobo
Abe or ABE may refer to: People and fictional characters * Shinzo Abe (1954–2022), former Prime Minister of Japan * Abe (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Abe (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Abe clan, a Japanese clan Languages * Abé language, a language of the Niger-Congo family * abe, the ISO 639-3 code for the Western Abenaki language, a nearly extinct Algonquian language of Canada and the United States * AbE, Aboriginal English spoken in Australia Science and technology * Bolivian Space Agency, Agencia Boliviana Espacial * Associação Brasileira de Estatística, a Brazilian scientific society * Acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation, or ABE fermentation, a process that produces acetone, biobutanol, and bioethanol from starch * Attribute-based encryption, a collusion-resistant one-to-many encryption scheme Storms * Typhoon Abe (1990) * Typhoon Abe (1993) Transportation * Abe S ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ...
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Toshio Shimao
was a Japanese novelist. He has been called a "writer's writer", which is used as both a compliment and criticism. Biography Shimao was born in Yokohama, but his family moved to Kobe when he was eight. His mother died when he was seventeen and soon after he had a period of study in Nagasaki. He later traveled to Taiwan and the Philippines, but returned to education and graduated from Kyushu University in 1943. In 1944 he entered the military and was sent to Japan's southern Amami Islands as an officer for a naval suicide attack (kamikaze) squadron in World War II. The war ended while he was still waiting for his orders. His wartime experiences inspired his earliest works, including ''Shima no hate'' (1946) and ''Shutsukotō-ki'' (A Tale of Leaving a Lonely Island, 1949), as well as several later works including ''Shuppatsu wa tsui ni otozurezu'' (1962) and ''Gyoraitei gakusei'' (Student on the Torpedo Boat, 1985). His wartime period is also where he met his wife, Miho, a Catholic. ...
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Hotta Yoshie
Hotta (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese model and television personality *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese actress *, Japanese botanist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist See also *Hotta clan The was a Japanese clan that ruled the Sakura Domain in Shimosa Province in the late Edo period. Jindai-ji in the present-day city of Sakura was the clan's bodaiji A in Japanese Buddhism is a temple which, generation after generation, take ... {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Inoue Mitsuharu
Inoue (kanji: , historical kana orthography: ''Winouhe'') is the 16th most common Japanese surname. Historically, it was also romanized as Inouye, and many Japanese-descended people outside of Japan still retain this spelling. A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese lyricist *, Japanese film director *, Japanese keyboardist, composer and producer *Alice Inoue (born 1964), American astrologer and writer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese announcer *, Japanese writer and translator *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese singer *, Japanese businessman and inventor *, Japanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentist *, Japanese rugby union player *Daniel Inouye (1924–2012), United States Senator for Hawaii and Medal of Honor recipient *Egan Inoue (born 1965), American jiu-jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and racquetball player *Enson Inoue (born 1967), American mixed martial artist *, Japanese founder of Toyo University, educator ...
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The First Generation Of Postwar Writers
The First Generation of Postwar Writers is a classification in Modern Japanese literature used to group writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1946 and 1947. List of First Generation writers * Haniya Yutaka (埴谷雄高) * Nakamura Shin'ichirō (中村真一郎) * Noma Hiroshi (野間宏) * Shiina Rinzō (椎名麟三) * Takeda Taijun (武田泰淳) * Umezaki Haruo (梅崎春生) Background of the Post-War Literature in Japan During the beginning of the post-war period in Japan, the revolution of post-war literature in Japan became modern democratic a"Democracy", "Freedom", "class", and "individual" However, the influence of the emperor system made the revolution of post-war literature of Japan become contra-democratic. Therefore, the post-war literature in Japan had transferred to the management under the imperial institution of Japan. Characteristics and Significance of the Post-War Literature During the period post-war in Japan, trama was one of the r ...
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The Third Generation Of Postwar Writers
The Third Generation of Postwar Writers (第三の新人, daisan no shinjin) is a classification in Modern Japanese literature used to group writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1953 and 1955. Shūsaku Endō, a member of the Third Generation once said, "In those days, although we had received the Akutagawa Prize one after another, hardly did anyone expect that we would become great writers. We were regarded as if we would soon be forgotten by the literary world. Precisely, almost all people did not start to know Akutagawa Prize until Ishihara Shintaro had won the prize and surfed away mass media and provoked public opinion into asunder, as the first manifesto from one of the Postwar Generation." However, despite this, this generation has made a major mark on Japanese literature. The works of Endō in particularly have been translated into many languages and are widely read in the United States, France, and Germany. At that same time, women writers such as A ...
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Japanese Literary Movements
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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