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wrote mulberry child: minakami tsutomu
who was a poet and wrote free verse: tanikawa shuntaro
whos poems are about passion and curiosity: tanikawa shuntaro
who entered a poetry contest to get outta college: tanikawa shuntaro
who translated peanuts and mother goose ryhmes into jap: tanikawa shuntaro
who wrote modern tanka and made it famous: tawara machi
who was born on dec 31, parents wanted to regiter on jap 1 but it was the year of the tiger whcih was considered weak: tawara machi
who wrote villon's wife: dazai osamu
charcters in villon's wife: mr and mrs otani
who lived in poverty, sometimes homeless: hayashi fumiko
who died of a heartattack: hayashi fumiko
what did hayashi fumiko write: diff kinna drifting cloud, tokyo
characters in tokyo: ryo and tsuruishi
characters in the monastery: i, you, k
kanagaki Robun: beef eater
who's most well-known writer in japan and sickly child of autointoxification: mishima yukio
who had shield society to protect the emporor: mishima yukio
who was fascinated with death and beauty: mishima yukio
what did mishima write: omi and the tetralogy sea of fertility
who wrote woman in the dunes: abe kobo
who was known as a man w/o a hometown and known as the international aitheor b/c he doesnt attach self to newhere: abe kobo
who was influenced by kafka (metamorphisi, dreams, irrational, surreal): abe kobo
who believed in existentialism: abe kobo
what is existentialism: life is absurd, doesn't make sense
who was censored by gon't for being anti-war: ishikawa jun
who was a detached observer of life and belong to the decadence school..also very non jap: ishikawa jun
who satirzed I novels, and narrators are half serious and half comic: ishikawa jun
who wrote moon gems (I and a lil girl): ishikawa jun
tsuboshi shoyo: essence of the novel
who taught english then war was declared against it and also drafted into military: kojima nobuo
who wrote stars: kojima nobuo
who wrote paraodies of jap lit, futuristic sci-fi, erotica, ghosts: kurahashi yumiko
first modern jap novel: the drifting cloud
hattori busho: western peep show
characters in stars: hikida (lower man), capt inoma, pri. sugihara
surrealistic, doesn't believe in who, what, wen, where, why in novels, believes in building castles in the sky: kurahashi yumiko
who studied in US for one year and swtched from surrealistic to realistic: kurahashi yumiko
who believes in "the point of writing is to exercise on'es imagination": kurahashi yumiko
who wrote the monastery: kurahashi yumiko
characters in mulberry child: tarokichi (new boy), yasuke (mulberry chiuld), shozaemon (old man)
who suffered from eye disease, poor, and had a handicapped child: minakami tsutomu
who was sent to a zen temple to be a priest, ran away, but brought back and sent to another temple: minakami tsutomu
who started writing after caughing up blood: minakami tsutomu
who was drafted and released to the military: minakami tsutomu
who wrote a lot of mystery novels: minakami tsutomu
who was a catholic convert and Christian writer: endo shusaku
what was hospitalized for lung surgery: endo shusaku
who wrote the day before: endo shusaku
charcetrs in the day before: togoro the traitor, mr fukae
who was brought up with old customs and forced to make military uniforms: kono taeko
whose stories show dark human behavior: kono taeko
who writes about women protagonists who are lonely and who mellows out later: kono taeko
who wrote iron fish: kono taeko
characters in firefly hunt: yukiko (traditional/but plays piano), taiko (westernized/but good with traditional jap dancing)
meiji, taisho, showa, heisei: 1868-1912, 1912-1926, 1926-1989, 1989-present
light hearted, not serious, gov't figured not educational: gessaku lit
drifting cloud characters: bunzo, noboru, osei, chokichi
dont have to teach, art for art's sake, kanzen choaku: chastize bad encourage good <--dont worry bout this theory: essence of the novel
futabatei shimei: drifting cloud
first female novelist: higuchi ichio
what did higuchi ichio write: growing up
characters in growing up: midori (grows up to be geisha), shota (pawnbrokers son), nobu (young priest)
why did higuchi ichio write?: she wrote cuz she was poor and it helped her to survive
bungakkai founded by who: kitayama tokoku
what did izumi kyoka write: the tale of 3 who were blind
what did shimazaki toson write: the broken commandment
what did takayama katai write: old soldier
what did kunikida doppo write: old gen
main character in the broken commandment: ushimatsu
what did natsuke soseki write: botchan and kokoro
characters in old gen: kishu and gen
naturalism resulted in what kind of novels: "I" novels
who didnt get along with his father: shiga naoya
who was adopted (not happy life), went to england but didnt like it there, went into depression: natsume soseki
lived a good life, became a dr, lived in germany but didnt suffer like soseki, studied public hygiene, appted as medical office in army: mori ogai
founded vita sexualis: mori ogai
what is vita sexualis: parody of naturalist lit
what did mori ogai write: maihime and gan
characters in maihime: narrator and elis
charcters in gan: otama and suezo
against naturalism and died of TB: mori ogai
leader of myojo: yosano tekkan
believed humans were good, all upper class kids, against naturalism: white birch society
who was in the white birch society: shiga naoya
what did shiga naoya write: han's crime and at kinosuke
what did ishikawa takuboku write: romaji diary
what did nagai kafu write: the river sumida
characters in river sumida: ragetsu (uncle), otoyo (mom), chokichi, oito
who was a loner and died alone: nagai kafu
who's mother was insane and was afraid to be too: akutagawa ryonosuke
who wrote hell screen: akutagawa ryonosuke
main character in hell screen: yoshihide
who combines grotesque and humor: akutagawa ryonosuke
rashomon based on who's story: akutagawa ryonosuke
what did kikuchi kan write: madman on the roof
characters in madman on the roof: yoshitaro (madman), suejiro (younger bro)
who founded the akutagawa prize and considered tycoon of lit world: kikuchi kan
prolit lit: arishima takeo belonged to what school: shirakaba
what did kobayshi takiji write: the cannery boat
2 writers of neo sensualism: kawabata yasunari and yokomitsu riichi
middle-class upbringing, disliked naturalism, strived for modernism: yokomitsu riichi
what did yokomitsu riichi write: time
who was the FIRST nobel prize winner: kawabata yasunari
what did kawabata write: the moon on the water, snow country, and the mole
characters in the mole: sayako
characters in snow country: shimamura, komako, and yoko
who commited suicide with drugs and gas: kawabata yasunari
5 reasons for kawabatas death: 1. ill health
2. didn't like how japan came westernized
3. didnt wanna get old and ugly
4. didn't get over mishima's suicide
5. overwhelmed from winning nobel
who idolized his mother: tanizaki junichiro
became infatuated with traditional japanese: tanizaki junichiro
2 types of women in tanizaki junichiro's writing: 1. westernized = cruel
2. traditional = doll-like
what book talked about the sense of foulness: the mother of capt shigemoto
what did tanizaki junichiro write: the mother of capt shigemoto and the firefly hunt from the makioka sisters
who attempted suicide 5 times and came from a rich family: dazai osamu
what groups did tawara machi join: new human species and kokoro no hana
who was an existentialist and left wing: oe kenzaburo
what were the 2 events that changed oe kenzaburo's life: 1. birth of son hikari
2. visit to hiroshiman and talked to doctor
who wrote a personal matter: oe kenzaburo
who was offerend the bunka kunsho prize from the emporer but declicned it: oe kenzaburo
who gave a lecture called "japan, the amiguous, and myself": oe kenzaburo
who was the daughter of dazai osamu: tsushima yuko
whose themes are absence of fathers and is a feminist writer: tsushima yuko
who lost son by mistake: tsushima yuko
whose older brother is mentally retarded: tsushima yuko
who wrote the silent traders: tsushima yuko
characters in silent traders: a woman, her kids, the kids father
who was a poor, illegit burakumin: nakagami kenji
who gave a lecture in germany "am i japanese" b/c hes anti-japanese: nakagami kenji
who blends reality with fantasy; disturbingly graphic of people in the ghetto: nakagami kenji
who was the terrible child of jap lit b/c he writes for the benefit of the eta class: nakagami kenji
who was the rival of tsushima yukio: nakagami kenji
who wrote grave of the fireflies: nosaka akiyuki
charcters of grave of the fireflies: seita and setsuko
who challenged the censorship laws: nosaka akiyuki
who was adopted and wrote commercial songs and drama scripts: nosaka akiyuki
who was adopted and returned to father and had a good life after that: nosaka akiyuki

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