Takuji Yokote (written as 横手 拓治 in Japanese)


*The pen name Shuji Sawamura (written as 澤村 修治 in Japanese) is used in some parts.

Domicile: Hase, Kamakura, JAPAN

1960 Born in Tokyo

Graduated from the School of Humanities, Department of Humanities, Chiba University, JAPAN

The Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophy) :Chiba University, JAPAN

1991-2020 Chuokoron-sha, Chuokoron-shin-sha (Editor, Editor-in-Chief)

2020-2025  School of Communication and Design, College of Humanities, Shukutoku University, JAPAN  (Professor)

2025-present  Department of Japanese Culture and Communication, Faculty of Communication and Culture, Shoin University, JAPAN  (Professor) 

Field of Study; Literature*, Publishing**


Selected publications  From single-authored work only

Shusei Tokuda, Disguise and Maturity (2010) *

Kenji Miyazawa and the Lover of  Maboroshi (2010) *

Reminiscences of Sorrow : for Memories of Tsuneo Hige & COGITO (2012) *

The Attitude of NIHON ROMAN HA toward Defeat (2015) *

Junzo Karaki (2017) *

The Aesthetics of  Impermanence (2017) *

The History of the Bestseller of Japan : Modern Edition (2019) **

The History of the Bestseller of Japan : Contemporary Edition (2019) **

The Complete History of Japan Manga (2020) **


Academic papers in refereed journals After 2021 only

Essay on Kenji Miyazawa : Examination of the Birth of a Children’s Writer in Terms of Period, Process and Motivation  (2021) *  宮澤賢治試論:童話作家「誕生」に関する一考察   ~時期・経緯・動機 

Departure from the Depths of Winter : Organization and Investigation of Kenji Miyazawa’s “Fuyu no sketti”  (2022) *  「真冬」からの出立   ~整理と検討・宮澤賢治「冬のスケッチ」 

Real and Symbolic : A Trial Theory on Shusei Tokuda (2023) *  リアルとシンボル   ~試論・徳田秋聲

Repulsion and Resonance : Soseki Natsume and Shusei Tokuda, a study of what echoes at the bottom of each other (2024) *  反撥と共振   ~漱石・秋聲「通底するもの」に関する考察

 

Enlightening texts  After 2021 only

The 25 years of Bestseller books of Japan, 1996-2020 (2021) **

Manga Editor : The Work of Editing, Editor's mentality, and The Role of Editor-in-Chief (2022) **

History of Modern and Contemporary Book Publishing in Japan   ~short version~  (2022) **

Comic Editing : How books are made (2023) **

The darkness belongs to us : Russell KirkConservative mind and ghost story's writer (2024) *


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