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Motojirō Kajii

梶井基次郎 1901-02-17 – 1932-03-24 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Osaka. He studied at the Third Higher School and the English Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial University. He founded the coterie magazine "Aozora" (Blue Sky). Major short stories include "Lemon" (Remon), "In the Town with a Castle" (Shiro no Aru Machi nite), and "Winter Days" (Fuyu no Hi). He died young of tuberculosis at 31. His distilled prose poetry-like style profoundly influenced postwar Japanese literature.

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Selected Works (45 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 檸檬 (Lemon) (1925)
  • 城のある町にて (In a Castle Town) (1925)
  • 泥濘 (Deinei) (1925)
  • 路上 (Rojō) (1925)
  • 橡の花 (Tochi no Hana) (1925)
  • 過古 (Ka Inishie) (1926)
  • 講演会　其他（大正十五年二月号） (Kōen Kai Taishō Jū Go Nen Nigatsu Gō) (1926)
  • 編輯後記（大正十五年三月号） (Henshū Kōki Taishō Jū Go Nen Sangatsu Gō) (1926)
  • 編輯後記（大正十五年四月号） (Henshū Kōki Taishō Jū Go Nen Shigatsu Gō) (1926)
  • 雪後 (Yuki Go) (1926)
  • 青空同人印象記（大正十五年六月号） (Aozora Dōjin Inshō Ki Taishō Jū Go Nen Rokugatsu Gō) (1926)
  • ある心の風景 (Aru Kokoro no Fūkei) (1926)
  • 編輯後記（大正十五年九月号） (Henshū Kōki Taishō Jū Go Nen Kugatsu Gō) (1926)
  • Ｋの昇天 (No Shōten) (1926)
  • 『新潮』十月新人号小説評 (Shinchō Jūgatsu Shinjin Gō Shōsetsu Hyō) (1926)
  • 「青空語」に寄せて（昭和二年一月号） (Aozora Go ni Yose te Shōwa Ni Nen Ichigatsu Gō) (1927)
  • 編輯後記（昭和二年一月号） (Henshū Kōki Shōwa Ni Nen Ichigatsu Gō) (1927)
  • 冬の日 (Winter Days) (1927)
  • 『亜』の回想 (A no Kaisō) (1927)
  • 蒼穹 (Sōkyū) (1928)
  • 筧の話 (Kakei no Hanashi) (1928)
  • 冬の蠅 (Fuyu no Hae) (1928)
  • 器楽的幻覚 (Kigaku Teki Genkaku) (1928)
  • ある崖上の感情 (Aru Gake Jō no Kanjō) (1928)
  • 浅見淵君に就いて (Asami Fukashi Kun ni Tsui Te) (1928)
  • 『戦旗』『文芸戦線』七月号創作評 (Senki Bungei Sensen Shichigatsu Gō Sōsaku Hyō) (1928)
  • 『青空』のことなど (Aozora no Koto Nado) (1928)
  • 桜の樹の下には (Sakura no Ki no Shita ni Wa) (1928)
  • 詩集『戦争』 (Shishū Sensō) (1929)
  • 愛撫 (Aibu) (1930)

Showing top 30 of 45 works. Read in Japanese for full list.

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