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Hakuchi
敗戦色濃い戦時下、映画会社で見習い演出家をしている伊沢は、蒲田の場末の商店街裏町の仕立屋の離れ小屋を借りて生活していた。伊沢は、時勢の流れしだいで右にでも左にでもどうにでもなるような映画会社の連中の言葉だけの空虚な自我や、実感や真実のない演出表現をよしとしている愚劣な魂に憎しみを覚えていたが、その一方、生活に困窮し、会社を首になるのを恐れていた。ある晩、伊沢が遅く帰宅すると、隣家の気違いの女房で白痴の女が押入れの蒲団の横に隠れていた。何やらよく分らないこと呟いて怯えている女を、伊沢は一晩泊めてやることにしたが、女の分も寝床を敷いて寝かせても、電気を消してしばらく経つと女は戸口へうずくまった。伊沢が、手は出さないと紳士的と説き伏せても女は何度も隅にうずくまるので、伊沢は腹を立てたが、女の言うことを注意深く聞くと事態はあべこべだった。女は伊沢の愛情を目算に入れてやって来ていたのだった。伊沢が手を出さないため、自分が嫌われていると女は思ったのだった。※Wikipediaより引用
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Published November 4, 2013
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About the author
Ango Sakaguchi
617 books139 followersFrom Niigata, Sakaguchi (坂口安吾) was one of a group of young Japanese writers to rise to prominence in the years immediately following Japan's defeat in World War II. In 1946 he wrote his most famous essay, titled "Darakuron" ("On Decadence"), which examined the role of bushido during the war. It is widely argued that he saw postwar Japan as decadent, yet more truthful than a wartime Japan built on illusions like bushido.
Ango was born in 1906, and was the 12th child of 13. He was born in the middle of a Japan perpetually at war. His father was the president of the Niigata Shinbun (Newspaper), a politician, and a poet.
Ango wanted to be a writer at 16. He moved to Tokyo at 17, after hitting a teacher who caught him truanting. His father died from brain cancer the following year, leaving his family in massive debt. At 20, Ango taught for a year as a substitute teacher following secondary school. He became heavily involved in Buddhism and went to University to study Indian philosophy, graduating at the age of 25. Throughout his career as a student, Ango was very vocal in his opinions.
He wrote various works of literature after graduating, receiving praise from writers such as Makino Shin’ichi. His literary career started around the same time as Japan’s expansion into Manchuria. He met his wife to be, Yada Tsuseko, at 27. His mother died when he was 37, in the middle of World War II. He struggled for recognition as a writer for years before finally finding it with “A Personal View of Japanese Culture” in 1942, and again with “On Decadence” in 1946. That same year, the Emperor formally declared himself a human being, not a god. Ango had a child at 48 with his second wife, Kaji Michio. He died from a brain aneurysm at age 48 in 1955.
Ango was born in 1906, and was the 12th child of 13. He was born in the middle of a Japan perpetually at war. His father was the president of the Niigata Shinbun (Newspaper), a politician, and a poet.
Ango wanted to be a writer at 16. He moved to Tokyo at 17, after hitting a teacher who caught him truanting. His father died from brain cancer the following year, leaving his family in massive debt. At 20, Ango taught for a year as a substitute teacher following secondary school. He became heavily involved in Buddhism and went to University to study Indian philosophy, graduating at the age of 25. Throughout his career as a student, Ango was very vocal in his opinions.
He wrote various works of literature after graduating, receiving praise from writers such as Makino Shin’ichi. His literary career started around the same time as Japan’s expansion into Manchuria. He met his wife to be, Yada Tsuseko, at 27. His mother died when he was 37, in the middle of World War II. He struggled for recognition as a writer for years before finally finding it with “A Personal View of Japanese Culture” in 1942, and again with “On Decadence” in 1946. That same year, the Emperor formally declared himself a human being, not a god. Ango had a child at 48 with his second wife, Kaji Michio. He died from a brain aneurysm at age 48 in 1955.
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