Shimozawa Kan - Shimozawa Kan

Novelist. Born on February 1, 1892, in Atsuta Village, Ishikari County, Hokkaido (present-day Ishikari City). His real name was Umedani Matsutaro. He had little connection with his parents and was raised by his grandparents. The painter Migishi Kotaro was his half-brother. His grandfather Umedani Jujiro (known as Saito Tetsugoro) was a member of the Shogitai corps who was defeated and settled in Atsuta. After attending Hokkai Middle School, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Meiji University in 1914 (Taisho 3). He joined the Kushiro Mainichi Shimbun. In 1913, he moved to Tokyo and joined the Yomiuri Shimbun, where he became friends with Chiba Kameo, Sawada Busho and others. In 1926, he was transferred to the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun. He reconstructed historical facts and rumors through on-site investigations, and completed the trilogy "Shinsengumi Shimatsuki" (1928), "Shinsengumi Ibun" (1929), and "Shinsengumi Monogatari" (1932), which depicted the real lives of Shinsengumi soldiers. Since 1933 (Showa 8), he has been a full-time writer. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize (1962) for a series of works that are dotted with elegies for the surviving retainers of the late Edo period and Edo, including "Nige Mizu" (1959), which tells the story of Takahashi Deishu's life, "Oyakodaka" (1955-56), and "Otoko Taka" (1960), which depict the father and son Katsu Kokichi and Rintaro (Kaishu). His collection of essays, "Futokoro Techo" (1961), is also known as a well-received work. He passed away on July 19, 1968.

[Yamazaki Kazuaki]

"The Complete Works of Hiroshi Shimozawa, 25 volumes (1973-75, Kodansha)" ▽ "Hideki Ozaki, Hiroshi Shimozawa - Man and Literature (1977, Chuokoron-Shinsha)"

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小説家。明治25年2月1日、北海道石狩郡厚田(あつた)村（現石狩市）に生まれる。本名梅谷松太郎。父母とは縁が薄く祖父母に養育された。画家三岸好太郎(みぎしこうたろう)は異父弟にあたる。祖父梅谷十次郎（通称斎藤鉄五郎）は彰義隊員として敗亡の身を厚田に定住させた。北海中学を経て、1914年（大正3）明治大学法学部卒業。釧路(くしろ)毎日新聞社入社。18年上京し読売新聞社に入社、千葉亀雄、沢田撫松(ぶしょう)らと親交を結ぶ。26年東京日日新聞社に転籍。史実と巷説(こうせつ)を現地踏査によって再構成し、新選組の隊士らの実相を描いた『新選組始末記』（1928）、『新選組遺聞』（1929）、『新選組物語』（1932）の三部作を完成。33年（昭和8）以来文筆専業となる。高橋泥舟(でいしゅう)の生涯を綴(つづ)った『逃げ水』（1959）、勝小吉(こきち)・麟太郎(りんたろう)（海舟(かいしゅう)）父子を描いた『父子鷹(おやこだか)』（1955～56）、『おとこ鷹』（1960）など幕末遺臣と江戸への挽歌(ばんか)を点綴(てんてつ)した一連の作品により第10回菊池寛賞を受賞（1962）。随筆集『ふところ手帖(てちょう)』（1961）も好著として知られる。昭和43年7月19日没。

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『『子母沢寛全集』全25巻（1973～75・講談社）』▽『尾崎秀樹著『子母沢寛――人と文学』（1977・中央公論社）』

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