The hub : Uchiyama Kanzō's Shanghai bookstore and its role in Sino-Japanese literary relations -- Musings of a literary pilgrim : Tanizaki Junʼichirō's discoveries in China and their records -- The allure of the White Birch School to May fourth writers -- Greener pastures : the new village ideal and May fourth intellectuals -- The art of wanderlust : Hayashi Fumiko's encounters with China -- Satō Haruo's "Ajia no ko" and Yu Dafu's response : literature, friendship, and nationalism -- Return to the brush : the polarization of the Chinese and Japanese literary communities in the 1930s -- Dream of a dream.
Summary
Christopher Keaveney explores interactions between Japanese and Chinese writers from 1919 to 1937. During this period, there were unprecedented opportunities for exchange between writers which was made possible by the ease of travel between Japan and China and the educational background of Chinese writers as students in Japan.
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