Hasegawa Tenkei

Critic and English literature scholar. His real name was Seiya. He was born in Niigata Prefecture. He graduated from the Literature Department of Tokyo Senmon Gakko (now Waseda University). He joined Hakubunkan and worked on editing the magazine "Taiyo". He also wrote literary criticism, and developed innovative theories such as the need to bring scientific methods into literature. He published works such as "Art in the Age of Disillusionment" (1906) and "The Sorrow of Exposing Reality" (1908), and played a role in promoting naturalism, which arose after the Russo-Japanese War. However, he studied in England from 1910 to 1912, and after returning to Japan, he gradually switched from his critical activities to working in the management of a publishing company, while also focusing on research into modern English literature and psychoanalysis. His books include "Naturalism" (1908) and "Literature and Psychoanalysis" (1930).

[Minoru Hata]

"Complete Collection of Meiji Literature 43: Hasegawa Tenkei and Other Works" (1967, Chikuma Shobo)

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評論家、英文学者。本名誠也(せいや)。新潟県生まれ。東京専門学校（現早稲田(わせだ)大学）文科卒業。博文館に入り『太陽』の編集に従事、かたわら文芸評論の筆をとり、科学的方法を文学に持ち込むべきことを説くなど清新な論を展開し、『幻滅時代の芸術』（1906）、『現実暴露の悲哀』（1908）などを次々に発表し、日露戦争後におこった自然主義を推進させる役目を果たした。しかし、1910年（明治43）から12年にかけてイギリスに留学、帰国後は評論活動から出版事業経営の仕事にしだいに転じ、同時に近代英文学、精神分析の研究に力を入れた。著書に『自然主義』（1908）、『文芸と心理分析』（1930）など。

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『『明治文学全集43　長谷川天渓他集』（1967・筑摩書房）』

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