Yamamoto Kenkichi

Japanese literary critic (1907-1988) · Japan · Writers · Died at 81

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Yamamoto Kenkichi was the pen-name of Ishibashi Teikichi, a Japanese writer and literary critic. As a critic he wrote notable studies of Shishōsetsu as well as of the poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. He has been referred to as supportive of Shishōsetsu in an orthodox way.

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1988Died7 May 19881983Order of CultureAward1981Person of Cultural MeritAward1979Japanese Literature Grand PrixAward1955Shinchosha literature awardAward1907Born26 April 1907

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