Kōichi Isoda
Kōichi Isoda ( Japanese 磯 田 光 一 , Isoda Kōichi ; born January 18, 1931 in Yokohama ; † February 5, 1987 ) was a Japanese literary critic and scholar.
Isoda studied English literature at Tokyo University . He established himself as a literary critic with a study of Mishima Yukio , Junkyō no bigaku (1964). He emerged with numerous essays on the influence of Western culture on Japanese tradition. For Rokumeikan no keifū he received the 1983 Yomiuri Literature Prize .
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- Alan Tansman and Isoda Koichi: "Isoda Koichi's" The Dilemma of Domestic Sensibilities ": An Introduction", The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 21, no. 1 (Winter, 1995), pp. 33-47 + 49-63
- John Scott Miller, "Historical Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater," Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-5810-7 , p. 41
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| SURNAME | Isoda, Kōichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 磯 田光 一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese literary critic and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yokohama |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1987 |