Kasai Zenzō
Kasai Zenzō ( Japanese 葛西 善 蔵 ; * January 16, 1887 , † July 23, 1928 ) was a Japanese writer and journalist.
As an author, Kasai was influenced by Japanese naturalism. In his "first-person novels" ( Shishōsetsu ) he describes poverty, illness and loneliness. The narrator of his most famous novel Ko o tsurete (With the children by the hand) wanders the streets homeless and destitute after he has lost his apartment. Other novels are Kanachiki chichi (1912), Akuma (1912) and Kohan Shuki (1924).
literature
- Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 484 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
- Joan E. Ericson: Be a woman. Hayashi Fumiko and modern Japanese women's literature , University of Hawaii Press, 1997, ISBN 9780824818845 , p. 218
- Tomi Suzuki: Narrating the Self. Fictions of Japanese Modernity , Stanford University Press, 1997, ISBN 9780804731621 , p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kasai, Zenzō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 葛西 善 蔵 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1887 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1928 |