Background
Bunroku Shishi a pen name for Toyoo Iwata was born on July 1, 1893 in Yokohama, Aomori, Japan.
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book
Kaigun zuihitsu
(Japanese Edition)
Japanese Edition
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/456201461X/?tag=2022091-20
1984
School of Freedom
(Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies.)
Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1929280408/?tag=2022091-20
2006
L'école de la liberté
(French edition)
French edition
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2268059510/?tag=2022091-20
2006
Bunroku Shishi
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also known as
Toyo-o Iwata
Education
Attended Keio University. In 1922 he traveled to France to study modern French theater, and worked in the atelier of Jacques Copeau.
Career
Bunroku Shishi wrote humorous novels of contemporary life including Konjiki Seishunfu (A Song of the Golden Days of Youth, 1934), Yuran Ressha (Excursion Train) and Jiyu Gakko (The School of Freedom) which was carried serially in the Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) was one of the most read novels in postwar Japan. Also wrote Tenya Wanya (Topsy-Turvy) and Yassa Mossa (Hurly-Burly) which were well received.
Works
book
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School of Freedom
(Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies.)
2006 -
Kaigun zuihitsu
(Japanese Edition)
1984 -
L'école de la liberté
(French edition)
2006
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School of Freedom
