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Katai Tayama
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Biography
Born in Tatebayashi (now Gunma Prefecture) as Tayama Rokuya. After a brief apprenticeship with Ozaki Kōyō, he became an editor at Hakubunkan publishing house. Following a stint as a war correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War, he produced "The Quilt" (Futon), a foundational work of Japanese naturalism that scandalized contemporaries with its confessional candor. Other works include "The Country Teacher" (Inaka Kyōshi), "Life" (Sei), and "Time Passes" (Toki wa Sugiyuku).
Literary Schools / Movements
Naturalism
Publication Venues (23 venues)Click to filter works by venue
Selected Works (152 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)
- 日光山の奥 (Nikkō San no Oku) (1896)
- 一夜のうれい (Ichiya no Ure I) (1896)
- 秋の岐蘇路 (Aki No) (1903)
- 蒲団 (The Quilt (Futon)) (1909)
- 田舎教師 (Country Teacher) (1909)
- 文壇一夕話 (Bundan Ichi Yū Banashi) (1909)
- 晩秋の頃 (Banshū no Koro) (1909)
- 春雨にぬれた旅 (Harusame ni Nure ta Tabi) (1911)
- 草津から伊香保まで (Kusatsu kara Ikaho Made) (1911)
- 町 (Machi) (1911)
- 尾崎紅葉とその作品 (Ozaki Kōyō to Sono Sakuhin) (1912)
- 百日紅 (Sarusuberi) (1912)
- 明治文学の概観 (Meiji Bungaku no Gaikan) (1912)
- 紅葉山人訪問記 (Kōyō Sanjin Hōmon Ki) (1912)
- 動的芸術 (Dōteki Geijutsu) (1913)
- 「椿」序 (Tsubaki Jo) (1913)
- J. K. Huys Mans の小説 (J . K . Huys Mans no Shōsetsu) (1913)
- 社会と自己 (Shakai to Jiko) (1913)
- トコヨゴヨミ (Tokoyogoyomi) (1914)
- 社会劇と印象派 (Shakai Geki to Inshōha) (1914)
- 現代と旋廻軸 (Gendai To) (1915)
- 或新年の小説評 (Aru Shinnen no Shōsetsu Hyō) (1916)
- スケツチ (Suketsuchi) (1916)
- 初冬の記事 (Shotō no Kiji) (1916)
- ペチヨリンとゲザ (Pechiyorin to Geza) (1917)
- 小説新論 (Shōsetsu Shin Ron) (1917)
- 脱却の工夫 (Dakkyaku no Kufū) (1917)
- 墓の上に墓 (Haka no Ue ni Haka) (1917)
- 自他の融合 (Jita no Yūgō) (1917)
- エンジンの響 (Enjin no Hibiki) (1917)
Showing top 30 of 152 works. Read in Japanese for full list.
References
- Wikipedia (English) — Source for biographical summary (CC BY-SA)
- Aozora Bunko — Source for the complete works list (CC BY 4.0)
- Japanese version of this page — Full bibliography and bibliophile information