Oguri Fuyou

Novelist. Born in Aichi Prefecture. Real name Kato Isoo, maiden name Oguri. The eldest son of a pharmacist, he aspired to be a writer from an early age and moved to Tokyo to study under Ozaki Koyo. He is one of the four great disciples of Koyo, and is said to be the closest in style to Koyo's. In particular, he inherited his master's gorgeous and beautiful prose. In 1896 (Meiji 29), he published "Kikkouzuru," a story about the tragedy of a sake brewer, and was immediately recognized in the literary world as a promising new writer.

He later established himself as a writer alongside fellow student Izumi Kyoka with such masterpieces as Koibo Nagashi (1898), and his long novel Seishun (1905-06) in particular was highly praised for its depiction of the inner life of a young intellectual in the 1890s, and coupled with his refined literary style makes it one of Fuyō's masterpieces. Later, he moved to a naturalistic style and produced such fine works as Tensai (1907), Koizame (1907-08), and Sekenshi (1908), but he soon returned to Aichi Prefecture due to his self-indulgent lifestyle, and in later years wrote popular novels before retiring from the literary world. He also wrote the sequel to Ozaki Koyo's Konjiki Yasha (Golden Demon), Shuuhen Konjiki Yasha (The Final Golden Demon) (1909).

[Yasushi Oka]

"Complete Collection of Meiji Literature 65: Oguri Fuyō and Other Works" (1968, Chikumashobo)" ▽ "Biography of Oguri Fuyō by Oka Yasuo" (1971, Ohfusha)

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小説家。愛知県生まれ。本名加藤磯夫(いそお)。小栗は旧姓。薬屋の長男で、早くから文学を志望して上京、尾崎紅葉(こうよう)に入門した。いわゆる紅葉門下の四天王の一人だが、もっとも紅葉の作風に近いといわれる。とくに絢爛(けんらん)たる美文は師匠ゆずりだった。1896年（明治29）酒造職人の悲劇を描いた『亀甲鶴(きっこうづる)』を発表、一躍新進作家として文壇に認められた。

　その後『恋慕ながし』（1898）などの力作で同門泉鏡花(きょうか)とともに作家的地位を確立、ことに長編『青春』（1905～06）は、明治30年代知識階級の青年の内面生活を描いて世評も高く、彫琢(ちょうたく)を極めた文体と相まって風葉の代表作といえる。のち、自然主義の作風に移り、『天才』（1907）、『恋ざめ』（1907～08）、『世間師(せけんし)』（1908）などの佳作を出したが、生活の放縦からまもなく愛知県に帰り、後年は通俗小説を執筆して文壇から引退した。尾崎紅葉の『金色夜叉(こんじきやしゃ)』の続編、『終編金色夜叉』（1909）も書いている。

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『『明治文学全集65　小栗風葉他集』（1968・筑摩書房）』▽『岡保生著『評伝小栗風葉』（1971・桜楓社）』

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