Kaionji Chogoro - Kaionji Chogoro

Novelist. Born in Kagoshima Prefecture. Real name Suetomi Tosaku. After graduating from Kokugakuin University, he taught at Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki Junior High School and Kyoto Prefectural Second Junior High School. After his novels "Utakata Soushi" (1929) and "Fuun" (1932) were selected for the Sunday Mainichi novel contest, he retired from teaching in 1934 (Showa 9) to dedicate himself to writing. In 1936, he won the Naoki Prize for his novels "Tensho Onna Kassen" and "Budo Denraiki." His representative works include "Taira no Masakado" (1954-57), "Ten to Chi to" (1960-62), the serial novels "Two Ginkgo Trees" (1959-61), "Hinoyama" (1961-62), and "Kaze ni Naru Ki" (1963-64), and the historical biographies "Samurai Retsuden" (1959-60), "Akunin Retsuden" (1961-62), and "Saigo Takamori" (1976-78). In 1973 (Showa 48), he was awarded the "Person of Cultural Merit" and in 1977, he was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize. His historical novels, which praise masculine spirit and poetic sentiment, and his historical biographies, which exclude fiction and are compiled as literature on a higher level, are many masterpieces of historical literature.

[Isogai Katsutaro]

"The Complete Works of Kaionji Chogoro, 21 volumes (1969-71, Asahi Shimbun Company)" ▽ "Kaionji Chogoro: The Man and Literature, by Ozaki Hideki (1978, Asahi Shimbun Company)"

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小説家。鹿児島県生まれ。本名末富東作。国学院大学卒業後、鹿児島県立指宿(いぶすき)中学校や京都府立第二中学校の教師を務めた。『うたかた草紙』（1929）、『風雲』（1932）が『サンデー毎日』の懸賞小説に入選したのち、1934年（昭和9）に教職を退き文筆に専念。36年『天正女(てんしょうおんな)合戦』『武道伝来記』で直木賞を受賞。『平将門(まさかど)』（1954～57）、『天と地と』（1960～62）、連作小説『二本(ふたもと)の銀杏(ぎんなん)』（1959～61）・『火の山』（1961～62）・『風に鳴る樹(き)』（1963～64）、史伝『武将列伝』（1959～60）、『悪人列伝』（1961～62）、『西郷隆盛(たかもり)』（1976～78）などが代表作。73年（昭和48）文化功労者に送ばれ、77年、芸術院賞が贈られた。男性的気概と詩情をたたえた歴史小説や、虚構を排し、高次元での文学としてまとまった史伝には、歴史文学としての傑作が多い。

［磯貝勝太郎］

『『海音寺潮五郎全集』全21巻（1969～71・朝日新聞社）』▽『尾崎秀樹著『海音寺潮五郎・人と文学』（1978・朝日新聞社）』

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