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Kafū Nagai

Kafū Nagai was a Japanese writer, novelist, diarist, university teacher and playwright (1879–1959). He was born at Tokyo and died at Ichikawa.

Also recorded as Danchōtei shujin; Kafu Nagai; Kafuu Nagai.

Overview

Recorded at birth as 永井 壮吉.

Born at Tokyo in 1879, died at Ichikawa in 1959.

Identity and origins

Kafū Nagai was recorded at birth as 永井 壮吉. The authorities additionally record the headings Danchōtei shujin, Kafu Nagai and Kafuu Nagai. His recorded language was Japanese.

He married Seiju Fujikage.

Catalogued works

30 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

永井荷風. 下谷叢話. Nagai Kafū: Tagebuch eines Heimgekehrten. 珊瑚集. すみだ川. Le jardin des pivoines. Interminablement la pluie ... La Sumida. Sumidagawa, ta, sanhen. Tsuyu no atosaki. Kafū zenshū. Okamezasa. Tanpenshū Azumabashi. Danchōtei nichijō. Kafū zuihitsu. Furansu monogatari. Udekurabe. Bokutō kitan. Sangoshū. Katsushika miyage. Amerika monogatari. Zenshū. Al giardino delle peonie e altri racconti. Haikushū. Nagai Kafū. Bokutō kidan. Omokage. Nagai Kafū shū. Edo geijutsuron. Utsukushii Nihongo, Kafū.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kafū the Scribbler. The Life and Writings of Nagai Kafū 1879-1959, Books Abroad, 1967. Nagai Kafū, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Nagai Kafū: Furansu monogatari, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Nagai Kafū: Bokutō kidan, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Nagai Kafū: Tsuyu no atosaki, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

La sociedad gastronómica y otros cuentos para gourmets (2016) — Internet Archive. あめりか物語 (Amerika Monogatari) — Internet Archive. あめりか物語 (Amerika Monogatari) by Kafu Nagai (1908) — Internet Archive. Paulownia: Seven Stories from Contemporary Japanese Writers (2014) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 25 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Kafū Nagai studied at Kalamazoo College and Hitotsubashi University. the recorded working language is Japanese.

The authority associates the name with Aestheticism.

Employment is recorded with Keio University.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

Chronology

  1. 1879Kafū Nagai born at Tokyo.
  2. 1908あめりか物語 (Amerika Monogatari) by Kafu Nagai digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1959Kafū Nagai died at Ichikawa.
  4. 2014Paulownia: Seven Stories from Contemporary Japanese Writers digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2016La sociedad gastronómica y otros cuentos para gourmets digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Kafū Nagai”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    Consult the source

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q530588: Kafū Nagai

    Consult the source

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