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)
  • (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)

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