Eitaro Noro

Eitaro Noro (野呂 榮太郎, Noro Eitarō, 1900-1934) was a Japanese economic historian. Noro was born in Hokkaido in 1900. He studied at Keio Gijuku University, where he first became involved in radical politics. He worked for a labor research institute following graduation. In 1930 he joined the Japanese Communist Party. He was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Koza school, a branch of Japanese Marxist thought.[1]

Eitaro Noro
野呂榮太郎
DiedFebruary 19, 1934(1934-02-19) (aged 33)
Cause of deathtuberculosis
NationalityJapanese
Years activeEarly 1900s
Known forMarxism, Japanese Capitalism
Academic background
ThesisThe historical development of Japanese capitalism (1926)
InfluencesSanzō Nosaka (from Japanese wiki article)
Academic work
Era1900s
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineJapanese economics
InstitutionsIndustrial Labour Research Institute

Noro was arrested in November 1933. He died on February 19, 1934, in Shinagawa Police Station.[2] His death was the result of police torture.[1]

Works

  • Nihon Shihonshugi Hattatsushi (History of the Development of Japanese Capitalism) (1930)

See also

  • Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period

References

  1. A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, Volume 2By D.R. Woolf Page 663-664 ISBN 978-0-8153-1514-8
  2. Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan By Richard H. Mitchell ISBN 978-0-8248-1410-6
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