Difference between revisions of "Mayama Seika"
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Mayama Seika was a prominent novelist and playwright of the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods. He is perhaps most famous for his novel ''Minami Koizumi-mura'', and the [[kabuki]] play ''[[Genroku Chushingura|Genroku Chûshingura]]'', which is still performed quite regularly today. | Mayama Seika was a prominent novelist and playwright of the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods. He is perhaps most famous for his novel ''Minami Koizumi-mura'', and the [[kabuki]] play ''[[Genroku Chushingura|Genroku Chûshingura]]'', which is still performed quite regularly today. | ||
| − | Born Mayama Akira in [[Miyagi prefecture]], he dropped out of medical school as a youth to study under writer [[Oguri Fuyo|Oguri Fûyô]]. After his now-acclaimed novel ''Minami Koizumi-mura'' was published in [[1907]], he was expected to quickly become a rising star in the new "naturalist" literary movement, but, after an incident in [[1911]] where his manuscript was double-sold, he became estranged from the literary world. | + | Born Mayama Akira in [[Miyagi prefecture]], he dropped out of medical school as a youth to study under writer [[Oguri Fuyo|Oguri Fûyô]]. After his now-acclaimed novel ''Minami Koizumi-mura'' was published in [[1907]], he was expected to quickly become a rising star in the new "naturalist" literary movement, but, after an incident in [[1911]] where his manuscript was double-sold, he became estranged from the literary world. ''Minami Koizumi mura'' is acclaimed as a representative novel of the naturalist school; it focuses on the travails of poor farmers in [[Tohoku|Tôhoku]], struggling under the crop failures and other economic and social difficulties experienced by many in rural areas of Meiji Japan.<ref>Irokawa Daikiki, "Meiji Conditions of Nonculture," ''The Culture of the Meiji Period'', Princeton University Press (1985), 223.</ref> |
| − | + | Mayama began working for [[Shochiku|Shôchiku]] in 1913, and became a ''[[shinpa]]'' (new-style theatre) playwright, producing such works as ''Genboku and Chôei''<!--玄朴と長英-->, ''Genroku Chûshingura'', and ''[[Taira no Masakado]]''. | |
He passed away on March 25, 1948. | He passed away on March 25, 1948. | ||
Revision as of 14:51, 22 November 2014
- Born: 1878/9/1
- Died: 1948/3/25
- Other Names: 真山彬 (Mayama Akira)
- Japanese: 真山青果 (Mayama Seika)
Mayama Seika was a prominent novelist and playwright of the Meiji through early Shôwa periods. He is perhaps most famous for his novel Minami Koizumi-mura, and the kabuki play Genroku Chûshingura, which is still performed quite regularly today.
Born Mayama Akira in Miyagi prefecture, he dropped out of medical school as a youth to study under writer Oguri Fûyô. After his now-acclaimed novel Minami Koizumi-mura was published in 1907, he was expected to quickly become a rising star in the new "naturalist" literary movement, but, after an incident in 1911 where his manuscript was double-sold, he became estranged from the literary world. Minami Koizumi mura is acclaimed as a representative novel of the naturalist school; it focuses on the travails of poor farmers in Tôhoku, struggling under the crop failures and other economic and social difficulties experienced by many in rural areas of Meiji Japan.[1]
Mayama began working for Shôchiku in 1913, and became a shinpa (new-style theatre) playwright, producing such works as Genboku and Chôei, Genroku Chûshingura, and Taira no Masakado.
He passed away on March 25, 1948.
References
- "Mayama Seika," Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten デジタル版 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha, 2009.
- ↑ Irokawa Daikiki, "Meiji Conditions of Nonculture," The Culture of the Meiji Period, Princeton University Press (1985), 223.
