Miekichi Suzuki

Miekichi Suzuki
Memorial of Miekichi Suzuki in Hiroshima

Miekichi Suzuki (鈴木 三重吉, Suzuki Miekichi, September 29, 1882–June 27, 1936) was a Japanese novelist.

Biography

Suzuki was born in Hiroshima. He studied English literature at Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), and later launched a children's literature magazine called 赤い鳥 (Akai tori / Red Bird) in 1918.[1] Unusually for its time, the journal emphasized learning from observation and experience rather than rote learning, and focused on everyday language as much as ceremonial language.[2] 196 issues were published.

Major works

Suzuki's major works include:

  • 古事記物語 (Kojiki monogatari / The tale of Kojiki)
  • 大震火災記 (Daishin kasai ki / A record of the great earthquake and fire)
  • ぶくぶく長々火の目小僧 (Bukubuku naganaga hinome kozou / Expanding, growing fire-eyed boy)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Endō, Mika (2016). "Repurposing Poetry: The Emergence of Working-Class Children's Expression in Interwar Japan". Japanese Language and Literature. 50 (1): 25–52. JSTOR 24891978.
  2. ↑ Tsurumi, Kazuko (2015). Social Change and the Individual: Japan Before and After Defeat in World War II. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400871513.


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