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Kisho Nakazato

なかざと きしょう

Nakazato Kisho

ペンネーム: Hata Satsuki（Pen name used when submitting fiction to the newspaper 'Shimbun Akahata'）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1936-03-13 （Nagasaki, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nagasaki, Japan

経歴

職業
novelist, reportage writer, non-fiction writer
活動期間
1962年〜2004年
所属
Japan Democratic Literary Alliance
所属団体
Japan Democratic Literary Alliance
影響を受けた人物
Shuji Miya

受賞歴

Takiji–Yuriko Prize
1969
対象作品: A Temporary Sleep
主催: Takiji–Yuriko Prize Selection Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Divergence

1963年 Novel

Selected in the Japan Communist Party's 40th anniversary literary contest; depicts workers' daily life and struggles set in Nagasaki.

laborclasscommunity

A Temporary Sleep

1969年 Novel

A novel serialized in 'Shimbun Akahata' incorporating the 'Sanmu Incident', addressing workers' lives and political issues; winner of the 2nd Takiji–Yuriko Prize.

labor movementpoliticsregionalism

Self-Destructing Volcano

1976年 Novel

A novel portraying the collapse of an old household on the Shimabara Peninsula; probes popular consciousness through family decline and regional history.

family collapseregional historydecay of tradition

Unraveling Days

1977年 Novel

Focuses on shipyard workers from hidden Christian communities, depicting intersections of faith, labor, and local society.

faithlaborcommunity

Descendants of Yoron

1981年 Novel

A novel investigating the origins of underclass workers at the Mitsui Miike coal mine; depicts workers' roots and life histories.

labororiginshistorical inquiry

Sing Again

1973年 Novel

Serialized in the early 1970s and completed in 1973; depicts the struggles of workers rooted in Nagasaki's local environment.

laborcommunityregeneration

The Farmers' River: Kuma & Kawabe

2000年 Reportage

A reportage on the Kawabe River dam issue in Kumamoto Prefecture; a nonfiction account documenting the relationships among residents, the environment, and development.

environmental issueslocal communitiesdevelopment vs. resistance

全著作

  • Divergence (1963)
  • Nokoriyama (1967)
  • Divergence / Dismantling (1969)
  • A Temporary Sleep (1969)
  • Minakawa (1970)
  • Working Like a Human Being (1972)
  • On Poetry and Love (1973)
  • Sing Again (1973/1976)
  • The People of Hanamori (1973)
  • Miyamoto Yuriko (1974)
  • Self-Destructing Volcano (1976)
  • Kōyaki Island: A Pioneering Experiment in Local Autonomy (1977)
  • Unraveling Days (1977)
  • Youthful Yaponesia (1978)
  • Walking, Thinking, America (1980)
  • Where Are the Japanese Headed: Individual and Collective, Then and Now (1980)
  • Descendants of Yoron (1981)
  • Legends of Regional Revival: Chikuhō, Miike, Kōyaki Town (Reportage) (1981)
  • Many Days of Hunger (1981)
  • Landscapes of Children (1982)
  • Travels as Home: 120,000 km by Kei Car in Ten Years of Old Age (co-author) (1982)
  • Dad Was My Rival (1984)
  • Corporate Japan: Human Patterns (1987)
  • We Are Mugi (1988)
  • Building a Ship (1989)
  • Late Showa Period (1989)
  • Cruising: Scenes of Ships, Sea and People (1991)
  • The Story of the High-tech Passenger Ship 'Norsun' (1992)
  • Dementia: Tomorrow It Could Be Me (1995)
  • Dementia Check from 48: Preventing Alzheimer-type Decline (1995)
  • The Farmers' River: Kuma & Kawabe — What Is a Dam? (2000)
  • Echoes of Kan (2004)
  • Let's Write Reportage: Aiming for a Civic Collegium (ed.) (2004)

作風・主題

文体
proletarian/worker literatureregional realismsocial reportagerealist prose with lyrical touches
頻出モチーフ
laborclass struggleNagasaki's local environmentfamily collapsefaith (hidden Christians)regional conflict over development

健康

  • tuberculosis
    青年期（中学卒業後）
    During his battle with tuberculosis he became drawn to literature, which led him to write tanka and later fiction.

評価・遺産

Kisho Nakazato is known for works emphasizing Nagasaki's regional character and the perspective of workers. He is recognized within 1960s–80s worker and social literature, and in later years contributed to regional and environmental issues through reportage.

関連学会

  • Japan Democratic Literary Alliance

豆知識

  • Worked at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (then West Japan Heavy Industries) Nagasaki Shipyard.
  • Suffered from tuberculosis in his youth and underwent a period of convalescence.
  • Submitted fiction to 'Shimbun Akahata' under the pen name 'Hata Satsuki'.
  • Participated in the founding of the Japan Democratic Literary Alliance and served as its secretary-general.
  • Won the 2nd Takiji–Yuriko Prize for 'A Temporary Sleep'.
  • In later years focused on reportage, including writing on the Kawabe River dam issue.