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Japanese Author in a World of Military Might
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Japan Novelist and the Influence of Pyotr Kropotkin: Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912)
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Japan Novelist and Poet – Despair and Sadness of Doppo Kunikida (Meiji Japan)
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Japan Novelist and the Communist Martyr: Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)
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Japanese Novelist and Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909): Enthralled by Russia
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Yukio Mishima: The Last Great Japanese Writer
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