Torahiko Tamiya

Novelist. Born in Tokyo. After graduating from Kobe First Middle School and Kobe Third High School, he graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Tokyo Imperial University in 1936 (Showa 11). While still a student, he participated in the journals "Nikreki" and "Jinmin Bunko". After ten years of devoting himself to writing, he discovered his own treasure trove with "In the Mist" (1947), which depicts the strange fate of the Aizu samurai, followed by the series "Falling Castle" (1949), which deals with the Boshin War and the Pacific War, and historical novels such as "Sagi" (1950), which depicts the Sengoku period. He also wrote semi-autobiographical works such as "Ashizuri Misaki" (1949), "Kikuzaka" and "Ehon" (both 1950), which deal with the dark days of his youth around the 1930s, and "The Heretic Child" (1952) and "From Notes from Okinawa" (1972), which sharply point out the contradictions of modern society. His literature is dominated by dark, heavy, and heartbreaking lyricism, with the anger at the loss of irreplaceable lives at its core.

[Yamazaki Kazuaki]

"The Collected Works of Tamiya Torahiko, six volumes (1956-57, Kobunsha)" ▽ "Chikuma Modern Literature Series 64: Collected Works of Tamiya Torahiko and Others (1979, Chikuma Shobo)" ▽ "Research on the History of Modern Japanese Literature, by Ino Kenji (1954, Miraisha)" ▽ "Cape Ashizuri: A Picture Book (Kadokawa Bunko)" ▽ "The Fall of the Castle, Cape Ashizuri (Shincho Bunko)"

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小説家。東京に生まれる。神戸一中、三高を経て、1936年（昭和11）東京帝国大学国文科卒業。在学中より『日歴』『人民文庫』に参加。創作に励むこと十年、自己の鉱脈を発見したのが、会津(あいづ)士族の数奇な運命を描いた『霧の中』（1947）であり、ついで戊辰(ぼしん)の戦(いくさ)と太平洋戦争を表裏にもった『落城』（1949）連作や、戦国時代を描く『鷺(さぎ)』（1950）などの歴史小説である。また、昭和10年代前後の暗い青春時代を扱った『足摺岬(あしずりみさき)』（1949）や『菊坂』『絵本』（ともに1950）などの半自伝風のもの、現代社会の矛盾を鋭くつく『異端の子』（1952）、『沖縄の手記から』（1972）がある。その文学は、かけがえのない命が失われた憤りを核に、暗く重く、せつない叙情に主調がある。

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『『田宮虎彦作品集』全六巻（1956～57・光文社）』▽『『筑摩現代文学大系64　田宮虎彦他集』（1979・筑摩書房）』▽『猪野謙二著『近代日本文学史研究』（1954・未来社）』▽『『足摺岬・絵本』（角川文庫）』▽『『落城・足摺岬』（新潮文庫）』

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