Dazai Osamu and War (Hitsuji Research Series (Literature) 11)

June 19, 2019 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of novelist Osamu Dazai (1909-1948). His creative period spanned the Manchurian Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, and the postwar occupation. This book aims to reexamine Dazai's era and works from the perspective of war, and includes the collaborative research project "Chronicle: Dazai Osamu and the War 1937-1945," 11 research papers and two columns that reexamine the relationship between Dazai Osamu and the War from various angles, opening up new research horizons.

Authors: Akiyoshi Takiguchi, Takashi Noguchi, Aya Ihara, Kazuya Matsumoto, Maki Yoshioka, Rio Saito, Maki Okuni, Noriko Utsumi, Shinobu Nagahara, Jun Ozawa, Koichi Taira, Noritsugu Gomibuchi, Shinya Wakamatsu