Kaneko Yobun

Kaneko Yōbun ( Japanese 金子 洋文 , civil: Kaneko Yoshitarō ( 金子 吉太郎 ); born April 8, 1893 in Akita , Akita Prefecture ; † March 21, 1985 ) was a Japanese writer and a member of the Socialist Party of Japan .

Life

Kaneko Yōbun published the socialist literary magazine Tanemakuhito in 1921 . He became known through the novel Jigoku ( 地獄 , "Hell"), with which he is committed to emancipation, and through his collection of dramas Nakesuteru yubiwa . In 1924 he published the first issue of the magazine Bungei Sensen ( 文藝 戦 線 ), the successor to Tanemakuhito.

After the war he worked in 1947 as a member of the socialist party in the Japanese upper house . He later wrote commissioned plays and was a member of the Kabuki committee of the Shōchiku film company . He was also co-editor of Geki to hyōron ( 劇 と 評論 ).

Works

• 1922 Ikeru Mushanokōji Saneatsu ( 生 け る 武 者 小路 実 篤 )
• 1923 Chō to hana to taiwa ( 蝶 と 花 と の 対 話 )
• 1923 Jigoku ( 地獄 )
• 1923 Nakesuteru yubiwa ( 投 げ 棄 て ら れ た 指 輪 )
• 1925 Chokorēto heitai-san ( チ ョ コ レ ー ト 兵 隊 さ ん )
• 1927 Rihatsushi ( 理 髪 師 )
• 1928 Jūka ( 銃 火 )
• 1929 Tobu uta ( 飛 ぶ 唄 )
• 1930 Uogashi ( 魚 河岸 )
• 1930 Nihon puroretaria ( 日本 プ ロ レ タ リ ア 傑作 選集 )
• 1930 Buraku to kinkaikin ( 部落 と 金 解禁 )
• 1941 Kitsune ( 狐 )
• 1941 Chichi to ko ( 父 と 子 )
• 1942 Hataraku nikki ( は た ら く 日記 )
• 1943 Kiku akari ( 菊 あ か り )
• 1950 Shiroi mibōjin ( 白 い 未亡人 )
• 1984 Tanemaku hitojite ( 種 蒔 く 人 伝 )

Web links

• Issues of Subjectivity in Japanese Women's Autobiography in Fiction . (PDF) pp. 10–11
• Memorial stone in front of the library in Tsuchizaki Minato (Akita)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kotobank

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Kaneko is the family name, Yōbun the first name.