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Shūichi Katō

Born

in Japan

September 19, 1919

Died

December 05, 2008

Genre

Nonfiction

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Shūichi Katō (加藤周一) was a Japanese critic and author best known for his works on literature and culture.
Born in Tokyo, Katō trained as a medical doctor at the University of Tokyo during World War II, specializing in haematology. The experience of living in Japan during the war and American bombing of Tokyo would shape a lifelong opposition to war, especially nuclear arms, and imperialism. It was also in this period that began to write.
In the immediate postwar period, Katō joined a Japanese-American research team to assess the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. He subsequently travelled to Paris for a research fellowship at the Pasteur Institute. When he returned to Japan, he turned to writing full time. After participating in a 19 ...more

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	A History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tempo e espaço na cultura japonesa by Shūichi Katō, Neide Hissae Nagae (Translator), Fernando Chamas (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Japanese Literature: From the Manyoshu to Modern Times by Shūichi Katō, Don Sanderson (Translator) 3.35 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japon Edebiyatı Tarihi by Shūichi Katō, Oğuz Baykara (Translator) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storia della letteratura giapponese. Dall'Ottocento ai giorni nostri by Shūichi Katō, Adriana Boscaro (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storia della letteratura giapponese: Dalle origini al XVI secolo by Shūichi Katō, Adriana Boscaro (Editor) 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Japanese Literature: The Years of Isolation 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storia della letteratura giapponese. Dal XVI al XVIII secolo by Shūichi Katō, Adriana Boscaro (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Japanese Literature, vol. 3: The Modern Years by Shūichi Katō, Don Sanderson (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sheep's Song: A Writer's Reminiscences of Japan and the World 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Art does not erect its own world independently of man's other activities; instead, all the various activities that make up life are absorbed, as it were, into a single aesthetic system.”
― Shūichi Katō, Form, Style, Tradition: Reflections on Japanese Art and Society

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