Hayashi Fubou

Novelist. Born in Sado, Niigata Prefecture. His real name was Kaitaro Hasegawa. His younger brother was the novelist Shiro Hasegawa. He dropped out of Hakodate Junior High School just before graduating because he was involved in a strike at the school. In 1918 (Taisho 7), he went to the United States and studied English literature for seven years while working part-time. After returning to Japan, he published "Kuginuki Fujikichi Torimono Memo" (1925) in "Tantei Bungei" and other publications, and from 1927 (Showa 2) serialized "Shinban Ooka Seidan - Suzuki Genjuro no Maki" in the "Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun," solidifying his foothold as a writer. In 1933, he serialized the sequel, "Tange Sazen," in the "Mainichi Shimbun," creating a unique protagonist, Tange Sazen, a one-eyed, one-armed swordsman, which gained overwhelming popularity among readers. Using three pen names, he wrote period fantasy novels under Hayashi Fubo, detective novels and family novels such as "This Sun" (1930) and "Constellations on Earth" (1932) under Maki Itsuma, and "Medieval Japanese novels" such as "Homeless Texas" (1929) under Tani Joji.

[Isogai Katsutaro]

"Complete Works of One Man and Three Men, 6 volumes (1969-70, Kawade Shobo Shinsha)" ▽ "Dancing Horizon - The Life and Times of Kaitaro Hasegawa, by Kenji Muro (1985, Shobunsha)"

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小説家。新潟県佐渡の生まれ。本名長谷川(はせがわ)海太郎。小説家の長谷川四郎は弟。函館(はこだて)中学校卒業の直前、中学のストライキ事件に関係したため退校。1918年（大正7）渡米して、7年間アルバイトをしながら英文学を学んだ。帰国後、『探偵文芸』その他に『釘抜(くぎぬき)藤吉捕物覚書』（1925）を発表、27年（昭和2）から『東京日日新聞』に『新版大岡政談・鈴川源十郎の巻』を連載、作家としての地歩を固めた。33年、その続編にあたる『丹下左膳(たんげさぜん)』を『毎日新聞』に連載、片眼片腕の怪剣士、丹下左膳という特異な主人公像を造形して読者の圧倒的な人気を得た。三つの筆名を使い、林不忘では伝奇時代小説を、牧逸馬(まきいつま)では『この太陽』（1930）、『地上の星座』（1932）などの推理小説や家庭小説を、谷譲次では『テキサス無宿』（1929）などの「めりけん・じゃっぷもの」を精力的に執筆した。

［磯貝勝太郎］

『『一人三人全集』全6巻（1969～70・河出書房新社）』▽『室謙二著『踊る地平線―めりけんじゃっぷ長谷川海太郎伝』（1985・晶文社）』

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