Profile

Gender

Unknown

Born

1967-04-13 （4-3-55 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0041, Japan）

Nationality

Japan

Languages

Japanese

Residence History

4-3-55 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (Main Museum) → 1705-3 Shinbori, Komoino, Narita-shi, Chiba (Narita Branch)

Career

Occupations

Literary museum, Museum, Public-interest foundation

Active Years

1963-

Affiliations

Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature, National Council of Literary Museums

Influenced By

Jun Takami, Sei Ito, Yasunari Kawabata, Susumu Odagiri, Tatsuro Inagaki

Influenced

Collaboration among literary museums and memorial museums across Japan

Awards & Nominations

Style & Themes

Literary Style

Collection, preservation and exhibition-driven research support

Recurring Motifs

Preservation and dissemination of modern Japanese literature

Legacy

The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature is a major institution dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting materials related to modern and contemporary Japanese literature. Since opening in 1967 it has supported research and public outreach, housing extensive manuscript collections (including donations related to Naoya Shiga and other major authors) and opened a Narita branch in 2007.

Trivia

• Preparatory committee for the museum was formed in May 1962.
• The Foundation for the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature was established in April 1963.
• Construction on the former Maeda Toshiiwa (Maeda family) site began on August 16, 1965.
• The main museum opened on April 13, 1967.
• The Narita branch opened on September 15, 2007.
• The organization was certified as a public-interest foundation in 2011.
• In 2016, 11,886 items related to Naoya Shiga were donated.
• In 2017, manuscripts by Dazai Osamu, Natsume Sōseki, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and Shimazaki Tōson were donated by Toshio Sato.