《Raging Wind》

...In "The Millennium of Bliss" (1965), he bridged the Edo period with the spirit of anarchism, opening up a new perspective that looked closely at the roots of the Japanese revolutionary movement. In 1971, he wrote his masterpiece "Kyoufu-ki" (The Monsters), which linked the traditions of the Kojiki and Nihonshoki with modern Tokyo, and published it in 1980. In 1983, he published "Rokudo Yugyo" (The Travels of the Six Paths), and his vigorous creativity, which has not diminished even at the age of 80, is a marvel in modern Japanese literature, and he can be said to be an exceptional novelist in terms of the depth of his academic knowledge. ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Kyoufuuki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…65年の《至福千年》では，江戸時代とアナーキズムの精神とを橋渡しし，日本の革命運動の根底を凝視する新しい視界をひらく。71年からは記紀伝承と現代東京を結びつける大作《狂風記》を執筆して，80年に刊行。83年には《六道遊行》を発表するなど，齢80歳を越えてなお衰えぬ旺盛な創作力は日本近代文学の一つの驚異であり，その学識の深さにかけても例外的な小説家といえよう。…

※「《狂風記》」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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