Mita Bungaku

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Mita Bungaku
三 田 文學
Title page of the first edition
description Japanese literary magazine
Area of ​​Expertise Japanese literature
language Japanese
First edition May 1910
Frequency of publication quarterly
Editor-in-chief Muneya Kato
editor Faculty of Literature at Keiō University
Web link http://www.mitabungaku.jp/

Mita Bungaku ( Japanese 三 田 文學 ) is the name of a Japanese literary magazine founded by Nagai Kafū and published since 1910 under the direction of the literature department of Keiō University . Although the publication of the Mita Bungaku was stopped seven times, it has continued to the present day. Mita Bungaku, from whose circle many surrealist writers emerged, was committed to the anti-naturalist movement of aestheticism and as such stood in opposition to the magazine Waseda Bungaku, founded in 1891 .

overview

The magazine was launched in May 1910 after Ishida Shintarō (1870-1927), the dean of the department, had discussed with the Keiō University teaching Mori Ōgai and had consulted with Ueda Bin with Nagai Kafū as editor-in-chief. At that time, the department was divided into the three faculties of literature, philosophy and history. Literature taught Kaoru Osanai , Togawa Shūkotsu , Baba Kocho (1869-1940) and Komiya Toyotaka (1884-1966), philosophy taught Iwamura Tōru (1870-1917), Historical Sciences Yamaji Aigin (1865-1917), Kōda Shigetomo (1873-1954) and Igi Hisaichi (1883-1970).

In addition to Yōjirō Ishizaka , Kyōka Izumi , Hakushū Kitahara , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Takitarō Minakami , Kojima Masajirō , and Ayako Sono , Mori Ōgai also published a large number of works in the Mita Bungaku. Nagai Kafū, in turn, has repeatedly published essays critical of the government in Mita Bungaku since the beginning of the publication. After Tanizakis Byōfū ( 飆風 , roughly: "Whirlwind") appeared, the Mita Bungaku was banned; Nagai Kafu resigned and Sawaki Kozue became the new editor-in-chief. Due to the illness of the new editor-in-chief, the publication of Mita Bungaku was stopped for a short time in 1925.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 三 田 文学 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 7, 2014 (Japanese).

Web links

  • Mita Bungaku. Keiō University, 2010, accessed March 4, 2014 (Japanese, official literary magazine website).
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Ishida is the family name, Shintarō the first name.