Buraiha
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Buraiha was a postwar Japanese literary movement characterized by disillusioned, decadent, and nihilistic writers who explored themes of alienation and moral collapse.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese literary movement
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literary movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Decadent School
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School of Irresponsibility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tokyo literary circles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
anti-heroic protagonists
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autobiographical elements ⓘ confessional style ⓘ decadence ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ existential anxiety ⓘ nihilism ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
controversial in contemporary Japan
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later recognized as influential in modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| culturalContext | occupation-era Japan ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
anti-social behavior
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marginalized individuals ⓘ self-destructive tendencies ⓘ |
| genre | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Oda Sakunosuke
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Osamu Dazai NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakaguchi Ango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Discourse on Decadence
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No Longer Human NERFINISHED ⓘ The Setting Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Western existentialism
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World War II defeat of Japan ⓘ social upheaval in postwar Japan ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
essay
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fiction ⓘ |
| movementPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| reactionTo |
prewar militarism
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state-imposed ideology ⓘ traditional moral codes ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
decadent literature
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nihilism in literature ⓘ postwar Japanese modernism ⓘ |
| relatedMovement | I-novel tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940s ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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loss of traditional values ⓘ moral collapse ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ social dislocation ⓘ urban decadence ⓘ |
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