Miekichi Suzuki Explained

Miekichi Suzuki
Native Name:	鈴木 三重吉
Birth Date:	29 September 1882
Birth Place:	Hiroshima, Japan
Occupation:	Writer
Genre:	Children's literature
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was a Japanese novelist and author of children's stories from Hiroshima.

Biography

Suzuki was born in Hiroshima. He studied English literature at Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), and later launched a children's literature magazine called 赤い鳥 (Akai tori / Red Bird) in 1918.^[1] Unusually for its time, the journal emphasized learning from observation and experience rather than rote learning, and focused on everyday language as much as ceremonial language.^[2] 196 issues were published.

Major works

Suzuki's major works include:

See also

• Japanese literature
• List of Japanese authors

Notes and References

1. Repurposing Poetry: The Emergence of Working-Class Children's Expression in Interwar Japan. Japanese Language and Literature. 2016. 50. 1. Mika. Endō. 25-52. 24891978.
2. Book: Tsurumi, Kazuko. Social Change and the Individual: Japan Before and After Defeat in World War II. Princeton University Press. 2015. 9781400871513.