"Blue Age"

…He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo in 1947. He established himself as a writer with the publication of Confessions of a Mask in 1949, and subsequently published the full-length novels Thirst for Love and Blue Age (both in 1950). The latter was based on a student president of a financial company that was much talked about at the time, and as with the model for The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, antisocial passion became the theme of the work. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Blue Age" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…47年に東大法学部を卒業。49年に《仮面の告白》を刊行して作家としての地位を確立し，つづいて長編小説《愛の渇き》《青の時代》(ともに1950)を刊行。後者は当時話題になった金融業の学生社長をモデルにしたもので，《金閣寺》のモデルの場合と同じように反社会的な情熱が作品の主題になった。…

※「《青の時代》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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