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The Buraiha or Decadent School (無頼派, buraiha, the school of irresponsibility and decadence) were a group of dissolute writers who expressed the aimlessness and identity crisis of post-World War II Japan.[1] While not comprising a true literary school, the Buraiha writers were linked together by a similar approach to the subject matter and literary style. The main characters in works of the Buraiha feature anti-heroes that are dissolute and aimless. Their work was based on criticism of the complete body of pre-war Japanese literature as well as American social values that were introduced into Japanese society with the occupation. Their work did not appeal to any one particular group, and their range was not well defined.
^Orbaugh, Sharalyn. Bruce Fulton, Joshoua S. Mostow (ed.). The Columbia Companion to Modern East Asian Literature; Part II Japan. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231113145.
The Buraiha or Decadent School (無頼派, buraiha, the school of irresponsibility and decadence) were a group of dissolute writers who expressed the aimlessness...
writer. He is often grouped with Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi as the Buraiha. Literally meaning ruffian or hoodlum faction, this label was not a matter...
Tanaka Hidemitsu, 10 January 1913 – 3 November 1949) was a novelist of the Buraiha genre in Shōwa period Japan. His name was also pronounced "Tanaka Eiko"...
1976(1976-01-02) (aged 63) Fukuoka (city) Japan Occupation novelist, journalist, poet Language Japanese Nationality Japanese Literary movement Buraiha...
World War II. Ango Sakaguchi was associated with the Buraiha or "Decadent School" (無頼派 buraiha, the school of irresponsibility and decadence), which...
story writer Notable work The Setting Sun No Longer Human Otogi-zôshi "Run, Melos!" Movement I-Novel, Buraiha Japanese name Kanji 太宰 治 Hiragana だざい おさむ...
Sakaguchi Ango, and Oda Sakunosuke, Ishikawa was known as a member of the Buraiha (literally "Ruffian") tradition of anti-conventional literature. In the...
falling rate of profit. Acedia Anomie Behavioral sink Bread and circuses Buraiha Competence (human resources) Kleptocracy Late capitalism Moral relativism...
became a popular subject in literature of both high and low quality. The buraiha writer Sakunosuke Oda wrote two stories based on Abe, and a June 1949 article...
After World War II, together with Ango Sakaguchi, Hayashi coined the term Buraiha in 1947 to describe the new trend in post-war Japanese literature. Along...
1947. Always gregarious, Hayashi had friends and acquaintances among the buraiha (dissolute writers), and his portraits of Osamu Dazai and Sakunosuke Oda...
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