Essays on Miyazawa Kenji and Endo Shusaku: Religious Experiences in Japan’s Literature
One Peace Books · Paperback · June 6, 2025
This book discusses literary criticism, especially Japanese literature, from the perspective of the theme of “ religious salvation.” As such, my discussion focuses on two writers?Miyazawa Kenji, a Buddhist, and Endo Shusaku, a Christian.
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- Who it’s for
- Kazumitsu Ito examines how religious experience shapes the works of two Japanese writers.
- Genres
- Japanese Literary Criticism, Religion in Literature, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- One Peace Books, June 6, 2025
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This book discusses literary criticism, especially Japanese literature, from the perspective of the theme of “ religious salvation.” As such, my discussion focuses on two writers?Miyazawa Kenji, a Buddhist, and Endo Shusaku, a Christian. Their works appear to reflect their religious experiences strongly. I have endeavored to discuss this point in detail.
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The final appendix is an examination of the “ simple religious belief of Japanese people” that these two writers have in common and flows as a deep undercurrent.
Religious Experience
Kazumitsu Ito examines how religious experience shapes the works of two Japanese writers.
Come here for
- Close discussion of Miyazawa Kenji and Endo Shusaku through religious salvation
- An appendix examining a shared religious belief
Expect
- Literary criticism focused on Japanese literature
- A final appendix on a shared belief
Where it sits
| Japanese Literary Criticism | 87% |
|---|---|
| Religion in Literature | 85% |
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Japanese Literary Collections
- Authors
- Kazumitsu Ito
- Publisher
- One Peace Books
- Published
- June 6, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Japanese Literary Collections