Ishikawa Gian

...Rousseau's Confessions proved that an ordinary individual without family or status could speak about himself as he really is and have a great impact on the modern literature that followed Romanticism. It was first introduced to Japan in 1891 as an abridged translation from the German by Mori Ogai, and after Ishikawa Gi'an's complete translation from the original was published in 1912, it became widely read and had a strong influence on Shimazaki Toson and others. [Yoichi Sumi]...

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…素姓にも地位にも恵まれぬ一介の個人が，あるがままの〈私〉を語り，それが読者を感動させうるという事実をルソーは《告白録》によって証明し，ロマン主義以後の近代文学に計り知れぬ影響を及ぼした。日本への紹介は森鷗外のドイツ語訳からの抄訳《懺悔記》(1891)が最初で，1912年，石川戯庵による原典からの完訳が出て以降，ひろく読まれるようになり，島崎藤村らに強い影響を与えた。【鷲見 洋一】。…

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