"Departure with love and recognition" - Ai to ninshiki to no shuppatsu

Japanese: 《愛と認識との出発》 - あいとにんしきとのしゅっぱつ

…From 1916 to 1917, he published the play "The Monk and His Disciple" in the satellite magazine of "Shirakaba," "River of Life," which was published by Iwanami Shoten and widely read. After that, he became active in the magazine, and compiled the critiques and impressions he had written under the title "The Departure of Love and Recognition," which was published by Iwanami Shoten in 1921. Along with Abe Jiro's "The Diary of Santaro," this became a must-read book for the youth of old-school high school students up until the war, and is an introspective essay that seeks to consider life from a spiritual perspective through love, friendship, faith, sexuality, and so on. …

From "The Monk and His Disciples"

...It was created after Kurata's experiences of heartbreak and the pain of illness. Along with Kurata's critical essay "The Departure of Love and Recognition" (1921), it was a must-read book for students of old high schools up until the prewar period. [Toshiro Kono]...

*Some of the terminology used in "Starting with Love and Recognition" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…16年から17年にかけて《白樺》の衛星誌《生命の川》に戯曲《出家とその弟子》を発表，岩波書店より刊行され，広く読まれた。その後《白樺》誌上で活躍，書きためていた評論，感想をまとめて《愛と認識との出発》と題し，21年岩波書店より刊行した。これは阿部次郎の《三太郎の日記》とともに戦前までの旧制高校生の青春必読の書となったもので，愛，友情，信仰，性欲などを通して人生を求道的に考察しようとした内省的エッセーである。…