Kojima MasajirÅ
Kojima Masajiro (Japanese小岛 政 二郎; born January 31, 1894 in the prefecture of Tokyo, † 24 March 1994 in Kamakura ) was a Japanese writer.
Life
Kojima studied at Keio University, where he worked with writers of the Edo period, such as Nagai Kafu and Mori Ogai and European literature and stories written as contributions to the literary magazine Mita Bungaku. After graduating in 1918 he became a member of Suzuki Miekichis magazine Akai Tori, in which he published short stories for children.
With the stories Ichimae Kanban and Ie is Kojima established in Japan as a writer. With the narrative Ganchū no Hito (眼中 の 人) he gained the recognition of authors Kikuchi Kan and Natsume Soseki. After the Second World War Kojima came forward with a series of biographical works, including Ogai, Kafu, Mantaro about Mori Ogai, Nagai Kafu and Kubota Mantaro. He died in 1994 at the age of over one hundred years in Kamakura.
Works (selection)
- Ichimae Kamban (一枚 看板)
- Ie (家)
- Midori no Kishi (緑 の 騎士)
- Kaiso (海燕)
- Hitozuma Tsubaki (人 妻 椿)
- Taifu no Me no yō na (颱風 の 目 の やう な)
- Ogai, Kafu, Mantaro (鴎 外 荷风 万 太郎)
- ENCHO (円 朝)