Kikuchi Yuho

Novelist and journalist. His real name was Kiyoshi. He was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. After graduating from Mito Middle School, he worked at an elementary school for a while, but in 1891 (Meiji 24) he joined the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun Company, where he was in charge of social articles, and later became a director. During that time, he published adaptations of Western novels such as Mitsuko no Himitsu (1892-93) in the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, but he soon took up the pen of family novels, which were showing signs of becoming popular, and published works such as Omo ga Tsumi (My Own Sin) (1899-1900) in the same paper, becoming known as a representative writer of family novels, and his works were performed in the Shinpa theater style. He was the older brother of the English literature scholar Tozawa Koya, and was good at languages, which is said to have helped him in his literary activities.

[Minoru Hata]

"Complete Collection of Meiji Literature 93: Collection of Meiji Family Novels" (1969, Chikuma Shobo)

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小説家、新聞人。本名清。茨城県生まれ。水戸中学卒業後、一時小学校に勤めたが、1891年（明治24）大阪毎日新聞社に入り社会記事を担当、のち取締役となった。その間『大阪毎日新聞』に『光子の秘密』（1892～93）などの西欧小説の翻案ものを載せたが、やがて流行の兆しをみせた家庭小説の筆をとり、『己(おの)が罪』（1899～1900）などを同紙に発表して家庭小説の代表的作家と目されるようになり、作品は新派劇で上演された。彼は英文学者戸沢姑射(こや)の兄であり、語学を得意とし、それが彼の文学活動を助けたといわれる。

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『『明治文学全集93　明治家庭小説集』（1969・筑摩書房）』

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