Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) was a prominent Japanese author whose work, even over 50 years after his passing, continues to enthrall young Japanese readers.
This database contains a total of 34 items in 3417 pages of Dazai's writing, in 22 manuscripts and drafts penned personally by him, plus fragments of draft text and notes, all held by the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature. Added to these are a further 21 pieces of invaluable resource material, including journals, notebooks, textbooks etc. from Dazai's years at the former Aomori Middle School and Hirosaki High School, gifted recently, in April 2013. Now for the first time this material has been assembled and released in the public domain for research purposes.
Users can conduct full text searches of writing appearing in magazines and papers for the first time, and click easily between manuscript, drafts, and images from first publication for the same work.
An essential tool for any study of modern Japanese literature.