Miekichi_Suzuki Knowpia

Miekichi Suzuki
Miekichi Suzuki
Native name	鈴木三重吉
Born	September 29, 1882; Hiroshima, Japan
Died	June 27, 1936 (aged 53)
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Japan
Genre	Children's literature

Miekichi Suzuki (鈴木三重吉, Suzuki Miekichi, September 29, 1882 – June 27, 1936) was a Japanese novelist and author of children's stories from Hiroshima.

Biography edit

Memorial of Miekichi Suzuki in Hiroshima

Suzuki was born in Hiroshima. He studied English literature at Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), and later launched a children's literature magazine called 赤い鳥 (Akai tori / Red Bird) in 1918.^[1] Unusually for its time, the journal emphasized learning from observation and experience rather than rote learning, and focused on everyday language as much as ceremonial language.^[2] 196 issues were published.

Major works edit

Suzuki's major works include:

Kojiki Monogatari (古事記物語, The tale of Kojiki)
Daishin Kasai Ki (大震火災記, A record of the great earthquake and fire)
Bukubuku naganaga hinome kozou (ぶくぶく長々火の目小僧, Expanding, growing fire-eyed boy)

References edit

^ Endō, Mika (2016). "Repurposing Poetry: The Emergence of Working-Class Children's Expression in Interwar Japan". Japanese Language and Literature. 50 (1): 25–52. JSTOR 24891978.
^ Tsurumi, Kazuko (2015). Social Change and the Individual: Japan Before and After Defeat in World War II. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400871513.