Shimaki Kensaku

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Shimaki Kensaku, 1940

Shimaki Kensaku ( Japanese 島 木 健 作 , civil: Asakura Kikuo ( 朝 倉 菊 雄 ); born September 7, 1903 in Sapporo ; † August 17, 1945 ) was a Japanese writer.

Shimaki participated in the literary magazine Kunugi no Mi ( 櫟 の 実 ) from 1918 and published tankas and essays under the name Asakura Tengai ( 朝 倉 天涯 ). From 1925 he studied at the Imperial University of Tōhoku . In order to finance his studies, he had to work beyond his strength and contracted tuberculosis.

He left university and joined the Japanese labor movement. In 1927 he became a member of the Communist Party . He was incarcerated from 1928 to 1932 on the basis of the Peacekeeping Act .

He processed his experiences in prison in the highly regarded novel Rai ("Leprosy, Leprosy"), which appeared in 1934 in sequels in the literary magazine Bungaku Hyōron ( 文学 評論 ). Several novels were published in quick succession up to his death at the age of 41.

Works (selection)

  • Rai ( 癩 ; 1934)
  • Mōmoku ( 盲目 ; 1934)
  • Goku ( 獄 ; 1934)
  • Rhyme ( 黎明 )
  • Saiken ( 再 建 ; 1937)
  • Seikatsu no Tankyū ( 生活 の 探求 ; 1937)
  • Manshū Kikō ( 満 洲 紀行 ; 1940)
  • Ishizue ( 礎 ; 1944)
  • Akagaeru ( 赤 蛙 ; 1946)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 青 空 文庫 作家 別 作品 リ ス ト ： No.8 . Aozora Bunko , accessed November 20, 2018 (Japanese).
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Shimaki is the family name, Kensaku the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Shimaki, Kensaku
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 島 木 健 作 (Japanese); Asakura Kikuo (real name); 朝 倉 菊 雄 (Japanese, real name); Asakura Tengai (poem pseudonym); 朝 倉 天涯 (Japanese, poem pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Sapporo
DATE OF DEATH August 17, 1945