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Kigi Takataro

きぎ たかたろう

Kigi Takataro

別名: 林 髞
ペンネーム: Hayashi Kyūsaku（Pen name taken from a family ancestor; used for early translations and poetry.）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1897-05-06 （Yamanashi Prefecture, Nishiyamanashi District, Yamashiro Village (now Kōfu City), Japan）
死没
1969-10-31 （Chūō, Tokyo, Japan (died at St. Luke's International Hospital)） 72歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan → Chūō, Tokyo, Japan → Leningrad (study abroad, USSR)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Poet, Physiologist, Physician, Professor, Translator
活動期間
1915年〜1969年
所属
Keio University (Faculty of Medicine, faculty), Hayashi Research Institute (director), Society for the Promotion of Scientific Knowledge (councilor)
所属団体
Japan Detective Writers Club (later Japan Mystery Writers Association), Society for the Promotion of Scientific Knowledge, Mita Bungaku (editorial board)
影響を受けた人物
Ivan Pavlov, Fukusi Kōjirō

学歴

Keio University
Faculty of Medicine / Department of Medicine
学位: 医学士
期間: 1918-1924
卒業年: 1924
国: Japan
Entered preparatory medical course in 1918; active in literary circles and journals during study.
Keio University
Faculty of Medicine / Department of Physiology
学位: 博士（医学）
期間: 1924-1928
卒業年: 1928
国: Japan
Doctoral thesis: 'On the propagation of nerve stimulation currents'.

受賞歴

Naoki Prize (Naoki Sanjūgo Award)
1937
対象作品: Jinsei no Ahō (Life's Fool)
主催: Naoki Prize Selection Committee
結果: 受賞
Detective Writers Club Award — Short Story
1948
対象作品: Shingetsu (short story)
部門: 短編
主催: Detective Writers Club
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Mōmaku Myakushishō (Retinal Phosphenes)

1934年 Detective short story

Debut detective short story that incorporates medical themes of vision and perception.

visionmedicinedetective

Jinsei no Ahō (Life's Fool)

1936年 Long detective novel

A long detective novel exemplifying his theory of detective fiction; awarded the Naoki Prize (1937).

logical reasoninghuman psychologyethics

Bungaku Shōjo (The Literary Girl)

1937年 Short story

A short story about a young woman's passion for literature.

youthliteraturedesire

Orisu

1938年 Detective novel

A detective novel featuring Dr. Shiga; notable for weaving medical knowledge into the plot.

medicinecrimedetection

Eien no Joshū (The Eternal Female Prisoner)

Short/Novella

A psychologically driven piece concerning a female defendant/prisoner; part of his shorter works.

prisonfemale psychologyatonement

全著作

  • Jinsei no Ahō (Life's Fool)
  • Mōmaku Myakushishō (Retinal Phosphenes)
  • Orisu
  • Bungaku Shōjo (The Literary Girl)
  • Moonlight and Moths (poetry collection)
  • The Book to Become Smarter
  • Zunō (The Brain)

作家による翻訳

  • Translated Ivan P. Pavlov, 'Conditioned Reflexes: Lectures on the Functioning of the Cerebral Hemispheres'
  • Translated Michael Innes, 'The Rector's Death'
  • Translated Herbert Breen, 'You Can Quit Smoking'

作風・主題

文体
Detective style emphasizing logical reasoningEssays and fiction that incorporate physiological and scientific viewpointsCalm psychological depiction with experimental expression
頻出モチーフ
conditioned reflex/physiological motifsvision and sensory issuesintelligence and diet (head-brain bread theory)

健康

  • Myocardial infarction
    1969年4月〜1969年10月（入院〜死去）
    Hospitalized from April 1969; died of a myocardial infarction on October 31, 1969.

評価・遺産

A physiologist and novelist who played an important role in Japanese detective fiction. He argued for the artistic merit of detective stories and won the Naoki Prize; after the war he promoted and studied detective fiction and nurtured new writers. He was also controversial for his views on diet ("brain bread" and anti-rice claims).

関連学会

  • Society for the Promotion of Scientific Knowledge
  • Japan Detective Writers Club (Japan Mystery Writers Association)
  • Keio University Mystery Fiction Study Group (advisor)

引用

  • Eating rice makes you stupid
    出典: The Book to Become Smarter (and related works/remarks on diet and intelligence) (1960年)

豆知識

  • He studied conditioned-reflex research under Ivan Pavlov and was active as a physiologist.
  • Won the 4th Naoki Prize in 1937 for 'Jinsei no Ahō'.
  • Served as the 3rd chairman of the Japan Detective Writers Club (later Japan Mystery Writers Association) after the war.
  • Around 1960 he promoted 'brain bread' and publicly criticized rice as a staple, attracting controversy.
  • His eldest son is Shin'ichirō Hayashi (Hayashi Shunichirō), a psychiatrist/doctor of medicine.
  • A complete works edition (6 volumes) was published posthumously by Asahi Shimbun Publishing in 1970.