Japanese Literary Patriotic Association

Japanese: 日本文学報国会 - にほんぶんがくほうこくかい

A national policy literary group formed during World War II. 1942-1945. Founded under the direction of the Information Bureau, Division 3, 5th Department, with the support of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and the Cabinet Information Bureau. It was part of a total mobilization system aimed at thoroughly publicizing and spreading national policies, and cooperating in their implementation. Under the leadership of Chairman Tokutomi Soho and the first Secretary-General Kume Masao, the group had approximately 4,000 members divided into eight divisions, including novels and dramatic literature. Its main activities included holding a Greater East Asia Writers' Conference, selecting the "National Motto" (Critical Essay Division) and the "Patriotic One Hundred Poems" (Tanka Division), compiling the "Greater East Asia War Poetry and Tanka Anthology," writing novels and poems by Tsuji, a festival to honor classical writers, and holding lectures on the Literary Patriotic Movement. Its journal took over from the "Nihon Gakugei Shimbun" and was renamed "Bungaku Patriotic." It ceased to exist when Japan was defeated in August 1945.
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Japanese:

第２次大戦中につくられた国策的文学者団体。1942年―1945年。情報局第５部第３課指導下，大政翼賛会と内閣情報局後援によって成立。国策の周知徹底，宣伝普及に挺身し，その施行実践に協力することを目的とする総動員体制の一環。会長徳富蘇峰，事務局長（初代）久米正雄のもと約4000人の会員が小説，劇文学などの８部会に分かれる。主要事業は大東亜文学者大会開催，《国民座右銘》（評論随筆部会）《愛国百人一首》（短歌部会）選定，《大東亜戦詩集・歌集》編纂，辻小説・辻詩製作，古典作家の顕彰祭，文芸報国運動講演会など。機関誌は《日本学芸新聞》を引き継ぎ，《文学報国》と改題して発行。1945年８月の敗戦とともに消滅。
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