Murakami Namiroku - Murakami Minamiroku

Novelist. Born in Sakai, Osaka. Real name Makoto. Alternative name Chinu no Ura Namiroku, owner of Minshian. In 1890 (Meiji 23), he became a proofreader for the Hochi Shimbun newspaper, and the following year, at the recommendation of editor-in-chief Morita Shiken, he published his debut novel, Mikazuki, which was well-received. His works, such as Yakko no Koman (1892), Ato no Mikazuki (1894), and Kyoukaku Shinzui Myohōin Kanpachi (1926), have the motif of the "chivalrous" men who are slaves of the town, and are known as "bachibin novels." Other notable works include "Yare-daiko" (1892), in which a man stands up to authority with pure passion and dies sticking to his principles, and "Hakken-nagaya" (Eight Tenement Houses), three volumes (1906-08), which depicts life in a boarding house for rent.

[Yamazaki Kazuaki]

"Complete Works of Meiji Literature 89: Collection of Meiji Historical Literature (1)" (1975, Chikuma Shobo)" ▽ "Kimura Takeshi, "Meiji Literary Night Talks: Modern Spirit and the Literary World" (1975, Shibundo)"

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小説家。大阪府堺(さかい)に生まれる。本名信(まこと)。別号ちぬの浦浪六、眠獅庵(みんしあん)主人。1890年（明治23）『報知新聞』の校正係となり、翌年森田思軒(しけん)編集長の勧めで処女作『三日月』を発表、好評を博す。『奴(やっこ)の小万(こまん)』（1892）、『後の三日月』（1894）、『侠客神髄妙法院勘八(みょうほういんかんぱち)』（1926）などは、町奴の男達(おとこだて)「侠」をモチーフとし、いわゆる「撥鬢(ばちびん)小説」とよばれた。また、純粋な激情をもって権力に立ち向かい、意地を貫いて死んでゆく『破太鼓(やれだいこ)』（1892）や、木賃宿の生活を描いた『八軒長屋』全三巻（1906～08）などが注目される。

［山崎一穎］

『『明治文学全集89　明治歴史文学集（1）』（1975・筑摩書房）』▽『木村毅著『明治文学夜話近代精神と文壇』（1975・至文堂）』

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