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Shūji Tsushima (津島 修治, Tsushima Shūji, 19 June 1909 – 13 June 1948), known by his pen name Osamu Dazai (太宰 治, Dazai Osamu), was a Japanese novelist and author. [1] A number of his most popular works, such as The Setting Sun (斜陽, Shayō ) and No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku ), are considered modern classics.
No Longer Human (Japanese: 人間失格, Hepburn: Ningen Shikkaku), also translated as A Shameful Life, is a 1948 novel by Japanese author Osamu Dazai.It tells the story of a troubled man incapable of revealing his true self to others, and who, instead, maintains a façade of hollow jocularity, later turning to a life of alcoholism and drug abuse before his final disappearance.
Osamu Dazai (Japanese: 太宰 治, Hepburn: Osamu Dazai) is a fictional character featured in the manga series Bungo Stray Dogs, written by Kafka Asagiri and drawn by Sango Harukawa. He is a member of the Armed Detective Agency who mentors the protagonist, Atsushi Nakajima , into his group while dealing with other enemies facing them.
The Setting Sun (斜陽, Shayō) is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai first published in 1947. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The story centers on an aristocratic family in decline and crisis during the early years after World War II .
Named after Osamu Dazai. Belonged by Armed Detective Agency. A feared former executive of the Port Mafia, now working with the Agency. He takes Atsushi under his wing, which is the primary reason Akutagawa resents Atsushi, as Dazai had abused and later abandoned Akutagawa as his "mentor" when he left the Port Mafia.
The term mainly applied to Ango Sakaguchi, Osamu Dazai and Sakunosuke Oda, however, it also often referred to others, such as Jun Ishikawa, Sei Itō, Jun Takami, Tanaka Hidemitsu and Kazuo Dan. Further, according to Takeo Okuno, the group also included Miyoshi Jūrō and Taiko Hirabayashi.
Sakunosuke Oda (織田 作之助, Oda Sakunosuke, October 26, 1913 – January 10, 1947) was a Japanese writer.He is often grouped with Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi as the Buraiha.
The building was built in 1907 by Dazai's father, who was a wealthy landowner and member of the Japanese Diet during the Meiji period. [1] Dazai lived in the house from his birth in 1909 until 1923, when he moved to the city of Aomori. Afterward, he returned on a number of occasions, and moved back into the house from 1942 to 1945.