Takeshi Kimura

Novelist and critic. Born in Okayama Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of English Literature at Waseda University. Encouraged by Tayama Katai during his time writing letters to Bunsho Sekai and other publications, he decided to pursue a career in literature. He contributed to the development of Shunjusha and took part in social movements such as Abe Isoo's founding of the Japan Fabian Society, Kagawa Toyohiko's construction of a farmers' school, and serving as the publishing director and education director of the Japan Labor-Farmer Party. He also made a great contribution to publishing culture in many ways, including being involved in the editing and planning of Kaizosha's Complete Works of Modern Japanese Literature and Shinchosha's Complete Works of World Literature. He wrote an extremely large number of unique works, including the novel "The Rabbit and the Gisaeng" (1923), critiques such as "Sixteen Lectures on Novel Research" (1925), "Bungei Tozai Nanboku" (1926), and "Meiji Literary Outlook" (1928), as well as research works such as "Japanese Sports Cultural History" (1956), "Study on the History of Japanese-American Literary Exchange" (1960), and "New Perspectives on Comparative Literature," as well as "Collection of Discussions in the Spring and Autumn of the Meiji Era." We also cannot forget his contributions to popular literature, his publications as president of the Meiji Culture Research Society, such as "Complete Works of Meiji Culture," "Complete Works of Newspapers in the Late Edo Period and Meiji Era," and his writing of the first volume of the "Manuscript of the Centennial History of Waseda University."

[Takashi Enomoto]

"Catalogue of the Works of Dr. Kimura Tsuyoshi, edited by Eiichi Tanizawa (included in Meiji Cultural Studies 5, 1970, Japan Old Books Press)"

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小説家、評論家。岡山県生まれ。早稲田(わせだ)大学英文科卒業。『文章世界』ほかへの投書時代に田山花袋(かたい)に励まされ文学を志す。春秋社の発展に貢献し、安部磯雄(あべいそお)の日本フェビアン協会の創設、賀川豊彦(とよひこ)の農民学校の建設、日本労農党の出版部長、同党教育部長の歴任など社会運動にも挺身するかたわら、改造社の『現代日本文学全集』、新潮社の『世界文学全集』などの編集企画にかかわるなど、多面にわたる出版文化への功績が大きい。小説『兎と妓生と』（1923）ほか、『小説研究十六講』（1925）、『文芸東西南北』（1926）、『明治文学展望』（1928）などの評論、『日本スポーツ文化史』（1956）、『日米文学交流史の研究』（1960）、『比較文学新視界』などの研究、そして『座談集明治の春秋』など、ユニークな著作がきわめて多い。大衆文学への功労や、明治文化研究会会長として『明治文化全集』『幕末明治新聞全集』『明治文化研究』などを刊行、『稿本早稲田大学百年史』第1巻上を執筆していることなども忘れられない。

［榎本隆司］

『谷沢永一編『木村毅博士著作目録』（『明治文化研究5』所収・1970・日本古書通信社）』

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