“Bungakukan Undo” during the Fifteen Year War:

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  • 十五年戦争下の〈文学館運動〉
  • 十五年戦争下の〈文学館運動〉 : 「文芸懇話会」と「遊就館」、そして島崎藤村
  • ジュウゴネン センソウ カ ノ 〈 ブンガクカン ウンドウ 〉 : 「 ブンゲイ コンワカイ 」 ト 「 ユウシュウカン 」 、 ソシテ シマザキトウソン
  • ――「文芸懇話会」と「遊就館」、そして島崎藤村――
  • “Bungei Konwakai” “Yuushu Kan” and Shimazaki Toson

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<p>This essay is a historical research on “Bungaku Kan” (The Museum of Literature). The history of “Bungakukan” started when “Nihon Kindai Bungakukan” (The Museum of Japanese Modern Literature) was established in 1962, according to the general consensus, yet the germ of “Bungakukan” movement supported by the Japanese literary establishment had existed before World War II. In the ninth year of the Showa Era (1934), the project for establishing “Bungei Kinen Kan” (The museum commemorating literature) was proposed along with the first project of “Bungei Konwakai” (The club for talking about literature), called “Bukko Bungeika Ihin Tenrankai,” (The exhibition of articles left by deceased writers). The chief advocate of the project, Shimazaki Tōson, tried to set up an establishment for preserving research materials on modern Japanese literature by taking advantage of the restrictions on literary activities imposed by the government. Toson's conception of the project was triggered by the refurbishment of the “Yushu Kan” museum of Yasukuni Shrine in the seventh year of the Showa Era (1932). Kikuchi Kan and “Bungeika Kyokai” (Japan Writers' Association) succeeded the concept from him and built “Bungei Kaikan” (The Hall of Literature). Yet it turned out to be a very different project from Toson's original concept. It led, however, to the establishment of “Toson Kinen Kan” (Toson Memorial Museum) in the twenty-second year of the Showa Era (1947) and the museum paved the way for the “Bungakukan” movement after the war.</p>

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