Miyajima Sukeo

Novelist. Born in Tokyo. Real name Nobuyasu. After graduating from the upper elementary school, he worked in a variety of jobs. Eventually he discovered Osugi Sakae through the magazine Modern Thought, and became interested in anarchism and syndicalism in the labor movement. In 1916 (Taisho 5), he published his debut work, The Miner, which became a pioneering work in labor literature in the Taisho period. He then began writing in earnest, but later became a Buddhist priest due to ideological anguish, and passed away in Kyoto in 1951. In addition to his collection of essays, Literature of the Fourth Estate (1922), and his autobiography, Wanderings (1953), he also wrote many works related to Buddhism.

[Hiroshi Otsuka]

"Miyajima Sukeo Collected Works" Complete 7 Volumes (1983, Keiyusha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

小説家。東京に生まれる。本名信泰(のぶやす)。小学校高等科に学んだのち、各種の職業を転々とした。やがて雑誌『近代思想』によって大杉栄(さかえ)を知り、アナキズム、サンジカリズム系の労働運動に近づいた。1916年（大正5）には大正期労働文学の先駆作品となった処女作『坑夫』を刊行、その後本格的文筆活動に入ったが、のちに思想的煩悶(はんもん)から仏門に入り、昭和26年京都にて没した。評論集『第四階級の文学』（1922）、自伝『遍歴』（1953）などのほか、仏教関係の著作も多い。

［大塚　博］

『『宮嶋資夫著作集』全七巻（1983・慶友社）』

出典　小学館　日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について　情報 | 凡例