Kyuya Fukada

Author and mountaineer. Born in Daishoji-cho, Ishikawa Prefecture (now Kaga City). While studying at Tokyo Imperial University, he worked at Kaizosha for three years from 1926 (Taisho 15). He entered the literary world with the series "Tsugaru no Nozura" (1935), and published "Kamakura Fujo" (1937), "Tomodachi" (1943), and "Knowledge and Love" (1953). He also displayed his innate individuality in his mountaineering travelogues and essays, publishing "Waga Yamayama" (1934) and "Sangaku Tenbo" (1937). After World War II, he continued his mountain pilgrimages to famous mountains, and, in the golden age of Himalayan mountaineering, he devoted himself to Himalayan research, completing "Nihon Hyakumeizan" (1964) and "Himalayan no Takamine" (1964-65). He died while climbing Mount Kayagatake in Koshu.

[Nobuyuki Kondo]

"The Complete Works of Fukada Kyuya's Mountain Literature, 12 volumes (1974-75, Asahi Shimbun)" ▽ "Fukada Kyuya, by Nakajima Kenzo (included in Contemporary Writers, 1941, Kawade Shobo)" ▽ "Japan's 100 Famous Mountains and Fukada Kyuya, by Takatsuji Kensuke (2004, Hakusan Shobo)" ▽ "Mountain Travel, Book Travel: The Joy of Climbing, the Pleasure of Reading, by Omori Hisao (2007, Heibonsha)"

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作家、登山家。石川県大聖寺(だいしょうじ)町（現加賀市）に生まれる。東京帝国大学在学中の1926年（大正15）より3年間、改造社に勤務。『津軽の野づら』（1935）連作により文壇に登場、『鎌倉夫人』（1937）、『親友』（1943）、『知と愛』（1953）などを発表。一方、山岳紀行・随想に生来の個性を発揮して『わが山山』（1934）、『山岳展望』（1937）などを刊行。第二次世界大戦後は名山巡礼の山旅を続けるとともに、ヒマラヤ登山の黄金時代と相まってヒマラヤ研究に没頭し、『日本百名山』（1964）、『ヒマラヤの高峰』（1964～65）を完成した。甲州茅(かや)ヶ岳の登山中に死去。

［近藤信行］

『『深田久弥・山の文学全集』全12巻（1974～75・朝日新聞社）』▽『中島健蔵著『深田久弥』（『現代作家論』所収・1941・河出書房）』▽『高辻謙輔著『日本百名山と深田久弥』（2004・白山書房）』▽『大森久雄著『山の旅本の旅・登る歓び、読む愉しみ』（2007・平凡社）』

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