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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haniya Yutaka
was a noted Japanese writer and critic. Biography Haniya was born in Taiwan, then a Japanese colony, to a samurai family named Hannya after the ''Hannya Shingyo'' ( Heart Sutra). He had a sickly childhood and suffered from tuberculosis in his teens. Although originally interested in anarchism, in 1931 he joined the Japanese Communist Party, becoming its Agriculture Director the following year, whereupon he was promptly arrested and imprisoned. While in the prison's hospital, he devoted himself to studying Immanuel Kant's '' Critique of Pure Reason''. In 1933, Haniya underwent a coerced "ideological conversion" ('' tenkо̄''), after which he was allowed to leave prison and return to society. During the war years, he eked out a meager living as the editor of a small magazine on economics and a freelance translator. During the war years, Haniya began a lengthy novel called ''Departed Souls'' (死靈, ''Shirei''), which he considered his life's work. A pastiche of Fyodor Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakamura Shin'ichirō
Nakamura may refer to: Places *Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan People *Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname Other uses *Nakamura stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables. It was established in its modern incarnation in May 1986 by Fujizakura of the Takasago stable. The stable's first ''sekitori'' was in November 1995. It did not produce any ''ma ..., a stable of sumo wrestlers * Nakamura Station, a railway station in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noma Hiroshi
was a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. According to literary scholar Doug Slaymaker, Noma is widely credited with having discovered or invented the style of writing called by the term "postwar literature" (''sengo bungaku'') in Japan. Early life and wartime service Hiroshi Noma was born in Kōbe on February 23, 1915. His father worked as an electrician as well as a lay Buddhist priest. Among his early literary influences were the poet Takeuchi Katsutarō and French Symbolism. He entered Kyoto University in 1935, where he graduated in French literature in 1938. While attending university, he became active in Marxist student and labour movements, and later turned his attention also to the situation of the Burakumin. He was drafted into the Pacific War, stationed in the Philippines and northern China, and later spent time on charges of subversive thought in a military prison in Ōsaka. Literary career In the immediate postwar period, Noma became a member of the Japanese Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiina Rinzō
Shiina or Shīna (written: 椎名) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese model and actress *, Japanese politician *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese anime and video game composer *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese manga artist *Katsutoshi Shiina (born 1961), Japanese karateka *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *Kensuke Shiina, Japanese DJ and musician *, Japanese actor *Mai Shiina, Japanese karateka *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese writer and playwright *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese daimyō *, Japanese illustrator and manga artist *, Japanese jazz pianist and composer Fictional characters Surname *Miyako Shiina of ''Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!'' *Sakurako Shiina of '' Negima!'' *Mayuri Shiina of ''Steins;Gate'' *Mashiro Shiina of ''Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeda Taijun
was a Japanese novelist active as one of the first post-war generation writers, and a noted influencer on Chinese literature. His Dharma name was (恭蓮社謙誉上人泰淳和尚). Biography Takeda was the second son of a Buddhist priest of the Pure Land Sect, and was raised in a temple. He developed an early interest in both Chinese literature and left-wing politics and, on graduating from high school, he chose to major in Sinology at Tokyo University in 1931. He did not complete his degree, for he withdrew from the university after being arrested for distributing leaflets critical of imperialism, which cost him a month’s imprisonment. While in prison, he became acquainted with Yoshimi Takeuchi.Taijun Takeda, ''This Outcast Generation and Luminous Moss'', trs. Yusaburo Shibuya and Sanford Goldstein, Tuttle Books Tokyo 1967 pp.7-17 Works in English * ''This Outcast Generation and Luminous Moss'', translated by Yusaburo Shibuya and Sanford Goldstein, Tuttle Books Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umezaki Haruo
was a Japanese writer of short stories and novels. Biography Born in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Umezaki studied at the 5th High School of Kumamoto University, later at the Tokyo Imperial University where he majored in Japanese literature. He then worked at the same Tokyo University in the Faculty of Education Sciences (kyōiku). In 1944, he was drafted as a crypto specialist for the Imperial Japanese Navy and stationed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, an experience which he later dramatised in his famous novella '' Sakurajima'', published in 1946. He came back on this experience in his latest book, ''Genka'' (''Illusions'') published in 1965, the year of his death. After the war, he worked for the ''Sunao'' (素直) magazine, led by poet and social activist Shin'ichi Eguchi (1914–1979), in which ''Sakurajima'' and some of his short stories were published. ''Sakurajima'' established Umezaki as a representative of Japanese postwar literature along writers like Hiroshi Noma and Rinzō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-occupation Japan
Post-occupation Japan is the period in postwar Japanese history which started when the Allied occupation of Japan ended in 1952 and lasted to the end of the Showa era in 1989. Despite the massive devastation it suffered in the Second World War, Japan established itself as a rich global economic power at peace with the world. In terms of political power it was more reluctant, especially in the nonuse of military force. The post-war constitution of 1946 included Article 9 clause, which restricted Japan from having a military force and engaging in war. However, it has operated military forces in the form of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces since 1954. Over the years, the meaning of article 9 has been interpreted differently, because the United States now encourages Japan to control its own security and to join their military strategy more. The Liberal Democratic Party would like to see the Constitution and Article 9 amended. Politics The Allied occupation ended on April 28, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
