Hasegawa Nyozekan | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | November 30, 1875
Died | November 11, 1969 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 93)
Occupation | writer, journalist |
Genre | literary criticism, essays |
Hasegawa Manjirō (長谷川 萬次郎, né Yamamoto, November 30, 1875 − November 11, 1969), known by his pen name Hasegawa Nyozekan (長谷川 如是閑), was a Japanese social critic, and journalist during the Taishō and Shōwa eras. He was one of the most important and widely read supporters of liberalism and democracy in inter-war Japan.