Komaki Omi - Komaki Omi

Social scientist and translator. Born in Tsuchizakiminato, Akita City. His real name was Omiyako Maki. After dropping out of Gyosei Junior High School in Tokyo, he traveled to France accompanied by his father, a member of parliament. In 1918 (Taisho 7), he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Paris. During that time, he participated in the Clarté movement, which called for an internationalization of ideas. After working at the Japanese Embassy, ​​he returned to Japan and in 1921 founded the Tsuchizaki edition of The Sower with Kaneshige Yobun and others, introducing the Third International for the first time. After republishing The Sower in Tokyo, he promoted the proletarian cultural movement in publications such as The Literary Front. During World War II, he was involved in the national liberation movement in French Indochina. After the war, he served as president of the Central Labor Academy and a professor at Hosei University. In addition to translating and introducing works such as Barbusse's Clarté, he has also written memoirs such as A Modern History (1965) and The Sower (1978).

[Yamada Shunji]

"The Sower" (1978, Kamakura Shunjusha)

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社会科学者、翻訳家。秋田市土崎港(つちざきみなと)生まれ。本名近江谷駉(おうみやこまき)。東京の暁星中学中退後、代議士の父に伴われて渡仏。1918年（大正7）パリ大学法学部卒業。その間、思想のインターナショナルを叫んだクラルテ運動に参加。日本大使館勤務後帰国し、21年金子洋文(ようぶん)らと土崎版『種蒔(ま)く人』創刊、第三インターナショナルを初めて紹介する。東京で『種蒔く人』再刊後、『文芸戦線』などで無産階級文化運動を推進。第二次世界大戦中はフランス領インドシナにあって民族解放運動にも関係。戦後、中央労働学院長、法政大学教授を務めた。バルビュスの『クラルテ』などの翻訳紹介のほか、『ある現代史』（1965）、『種蒔くひとびと』（1978）などの回想記がある。

［山田俊治］

『『種蒔くひとびと』（1978・かまくら春秋社）』

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