Baba Kocho - Baba Kocho

Japanese: 馬場孤蝶 - ばばこちょう
Baba Kocho - Baba Kocho

English literature scholar and essayist. Born in Tosa Province (Kochi Prefecture). His real name was Katsuya. He studied at Meiji Gakuin, where he became acquainted with Shimazaki Toson, Togawa Shukotsu, Hirata Tokuboku and others, and became a member of Bungakukai. He published poems, novels, critiques and more, but his greatest achievement was translating and introducing the works of Maupassant, Balzac, Gorky and Chekhov. He also came close to the Modern Thoughts of Osugi Sakae and others, and influenced the socialist movement of the Taisho period. His books include Meiji Literary World Review (1936) and Meiji Literary World People (1942).

[Nobuo Yamanaka]

"Complete Collection of Meiji Literature 32: Women's School Magazines and Literary World Collection" (1973, Chikuma Shobo)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

英文学者、随筆家。土佐国(高知県)に生まれる。本名勝弥。明治学院に学び、島崎藤村(しまざきとうそん)、戸川秋骨(しゅうこつ)、平田禿木(とくぼく)らと知り、『文学界』同人となる。詩、小説、評論などを発表したが、その功はモーパッサン、バルザック、ゴーリキー、チェーホフらの翻訳・紹介にある。また、大杉栄らの『近代思想』にも近づき、大正時代の社会主義運動にも影響を与えている。著書に『明治文壇回顧』(1936)や『明治文壇の人々』(1942)などがある。

[山中信夫]

『『明治文学全集32 女学雑誌・文学界集』(1973・筑摩書房)』

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