Kikuoka Kuri
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was the pen-name of a Japanese author of poetry
and novel
s active in Showa period
Japan. His real name was Takagi Michinokuo.
, Aomori prefecture
. His grandfather was from the samurai
class and was an official in the Tsugaru Domain. Interested in literature from an early age, he dropped out of high school (where he was studying the Russian language
, and became a disciple of Ozaki Kihachi
. Politically, he was also drawn to the anarchist movement.
In the post-World War II
era, he worked for Radio Tokyo, and later at Daiei Movie Studio
s as a producer, and cooperated extensively with noted author Yokomitsu Riichi
. In 1947, he also joined Takami Jun's literary criticism
circle, Nihon Miraiha ("Japan's Future Society"). He also began writing novels. His novel, Osurubeki Kodomotachi ("Frightening Children") was nominated for the prestigious Naoki Award in 1949.
Japanese poetry
Japanese poets first encountered Chinese poetry during the Tang Dynasty. It took them several hundred years to digest the foreign impact, make it a part of their culture and merge it with their literary tradition in their mother tongue, and begin to develop the diversity of their native poetry. For...
and novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s active in Showa period
Showa period
The , or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989.The Shōwa period was longer than the reign of any previous Japanese emperor...
Japan. His real name was Takagi Michinokuo.
Biography
Kiukoka was born in Hirosaki cityHirosaki, Aomori
is a city located in southwest Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is a castle town and was the Tsugaru clan ruled the 100,000 koku tozama han Hirosaki Domain from Hirosaki Castle during the Edo period. The city is currently a regional commercial center and the largest producer of apples in Japan...
, Aomori prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
. His grandfather was from the samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
class and was an official in the Tsugaru Domain. Interested in literature from an early age, he dropped out of high school (where he was studying the Russian language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
, and became a disciple of Ozaki Kihachi
Ozaki Kihachi
was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan.-Biography:Ozaki was born in Tokyo. He atended the Keika Shogyo School, where he learned the English language and developed an interest in anthologies of English poetry...
. Politically, he was also drawn to the anarchist movement.
In the post-World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
era, he worked for Radio Tokyo, and later at Daiei Movie Studio
Kadokawa Pictures
is a Japanese movie studio.-History:One of the most famous studios in Japan and founded in 1942 as , it is best known for having produced the giant monster Gamera film series and the Daimajin Trilogy. It also produced the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro film series and the television series Shōnen Jet...
s as a producer, and cooperated extensively with noted author Yokomitsu Riichi
Yokomitsu Riichi
was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi and Tō after entering Waseda University in 1916. In 1923, he published Nichirin , Hae and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular...
. In 1947, he also joined Takami Jun's literary criticism
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
circle, Nihon Miraiha ("Japan's Future Society"). He also began writing novels. His novel, Osurubeki Kodomotachi ("Frightening Children") was nominated for the prestigious Naoki Award in 1949.