Tokuzo Kimura

...The predecessor of Kamakura Bunko was a rental bookstore opened during the war by writers living in Kamakura, including Kume Masao, Kawabata Yasunari, and Takami Jun, who brought together their books. After World War II, the company partnered with a paper company to become a publishing company, which moved to Tokyo and was once very active in publishing. In particular, Ningen, with Kimura Tokuzo as editor-in-chief, provided a platform for many new writers and played a major role in the birth of postwar literature. After the parent company went bankrupt, the publisher moved to Meguro Shoten in January 1950, but it ceased publication with the August 1951 issue. ...

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…戦時中，久米正雄，川端康成，高見順ら鎌倉在住の作家が蔵書を持ち寄り開業した貸本屋が鎌倉文庫の前身で，第2次大戦後，製紙会社と提携して出版社となり，社を東京に移して一時活発な出版活動を行った。とくに木村徳三を編集長とする《人間》は，多くの新人に舞台を提供して戦後文学の生誕に大きな役割を果たした。母体の経営破綻で，50年1月，発行元が目黒書店に移ったが51年8月号で廃刊。…

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