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was a Japanese author associated with the Japanese
was a Japanese author associated with the Japanese proletarian literature
Proletarian literature refers here to the literature created by left-wing writers mainly for the class-consciousness, class-conscious proletariat. Though the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' states that because it "is essentially an intended device of ...
movement.
He is perhaps best known for , a 1926 novel about the appalling labor conditions on a cargo ship plying the Japan trade lanes, and for short stories such as , an early example of proletarian literature in Japan.
He spent time in jail due to his involvement with the labor movement, but later turned away from Marxism and became an enthusiastic supporter of Japanese imperialism.
See also
* Japanese literature * List of Japanese writersReferences
1894 births 1945 deaths Japanese writers Writers from Fukuoka Prefecture Proletarian literature {{Japan-writer-stub