"Kanazukai Iken" - Kanazukai Iken

…But he was also sensitive to the realities of the times, and in his series of Hidemaro stories, such as “As if” (1912) and “Tower of Silence” (1910), which have the eldest son of a noble family as the protagonist, he expressed strong fears about the government’s policy of suppressing socialism, as symbolized by the High Treason Incident. He also wrote “Kanazukai Oin” (1908), which interfered with the Ministry of Education’s national language policy and prevented the revision of historical kana spelling. His longer works include “Youth” (1910-11), which traces the history of the formation of the personality of an intellectual young man, and “Gan” (1911-13), which depicts the drama of the secret awakening and disappointment of an unfortunate woman, the latter of which is permeated with romantic lyricism filled with memories of youth. …

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…しかし，現実の時代状況への対応も敏感で，華族の嫡男を主人公とする《かのやうに》(1912)以下一連の秀麿（ひでまろ）物や《沈黙の塔》(1910)では，大逆事件に象徴される政府の社会主義弾圧政策に対して，強い危惧を表明している。文部省の国語政策に干渉して，歴史的仮名遣いの改定を阻止した《仮名遣意見》(1908)もあった。やや長編の作では，知識青年の個性形成史を追った《青年》(1910‐11)，薄幸な女性のひそかな覚醒と失意のドラマを描いた《雁》(1911‐13)などがあり，後者は青春の追憶をこめたロマンティックな抒情がただよう。…

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