Takasugi Ichiro in the "Age of Kaizo-sha"
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This essay is an abstract of my dissertation, Takasugi Ichiro in the "Age of Kaizo-sha". Takasugi Ichiro (1908〜) is the author of Kyokko no Kage ni(Under the Aurora), which is now regarded as a Japanese classic. This book is about his experience being detained in Siberia. Before writing this book, and before he was drafted into the army, Takasugi served as an editor of the monthly magazine, Bungei (Literature), from 1935 to 1943, which was published by Kaizo-sha, a publishing company in Tokyo. The main theme of the dissertation covers Takasugi's activities as an editor of Bungei. When Takasugi became the magazine's editor around 1935, he made an effort to print works connected with Chinese literature. The highlight was to publish letter exchanges between literary figures, right at the same time the Sino-Japanese War began in July 1937. The first one (the June 1937 issue) was between Nakano Shigeharu and Xiao Jun. Nakano was a Japanese poet and novelist who opposed the war. Xiao Jun was a Chinese novelist who had been introduced to the Japanese literary world through recommendation by Lu Xun. Both anti-Japan movements in China and anti-China feelings in Japan seem to have been on rise in this century. There are a number of factors behind these feelings. But one factor, I believe, is the ignorance of the modern period. So it is important to recognize the history of the relationship between Japan and China. This essay is an attempt to recognize an aspect of the history from the viewpoint of Takasugi's works. Another important work of his during the Bungei age was his introduction of contemporary European literature, which belonged to the stream against the war. Takasugi's works during his time at Kaizo-sha must be part of Japan and China's cultural heritage, which is worth looking back.
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