寛 菊池 (1888 - 1948)

Born 26 Dec 1888 in Takamatsu, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken, Japan

寛 菊池 is Notable.

Biography

寛 was born in 1888.

While studying at the University of Kyoto, he developed an interest in modern drama, particularly Irish works by the likes of J.M. Synge and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany.

From 1914 to 1924, Kan wrote one-act plays for the leading coterie magazine at that time, New Tides of Thought (Shinshichō). Notable works from this time included Chichi Kaeru (Father Returns) and Shinju fujin (真珠夫人, Madame Pearl).

In 1938, Kikuchi joined the Pen butai ("Pen corps"), a government organization which consisted of authors who travelled the front during the Second Sino-Japanese War to write favourably of Japan's war efforts in China, and became head of the group's navy branch. He was later affiliated with the Nihon bungaku hōkokukai ("Patriotic Association for Japanese Literature"), a subordinate of the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau. After the war, he was purged from public service positions as a wartime collaborator.

He passed away in 1948.

Sources

• Wikipedia contributors. "Kan Kikuchi." Wikipedia. Accessed 16 Jan 2018.