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The 100th Anniversary of Shusaku Endo's Birth: Words that Light Up My Life
Machida City Public Museum of Literature
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Shusaku Endo
2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer Shusaku Endo (1923-1996). Endo is one of Japan's leading writers who is attracting renewed attention.
With "Christianity for the Japanese" as the basis of his literary theme, Endo produced a wide variety of genres, from profound works of pure literature to historical novels, entertainment novels, and plays. In these works, he depicted the dark side of the mind, such as discrimination, guilt, individuality and power, and human weakness, and continued to question what the true self is, whether there is salvation in evil, what life is, what God is, and what faith is.
Endo's literature, which showed tolerance for diversity by not teaching but suffering together and being close to the weak, has comforted and encouraged many readers. He also published a series of essays under another name, Kitsunean Sensei. He named his home in Tamagawa Gakuen, Machida City, "Kitsunean," and during the 20-odd years he spent there, beginning in 1964, he appeared on television interview programs and commercials, and his humorous words and actions made him popular with a wide range of people. Endo later said that having two names gave him a sense of fulfillment that he had "lived more than others."
This exhibition attempts to re-evaluate Endo's literature as literature to be handed down to the next generation. Contemporary writers Naocola Yamazaki, Sosuke Natsukawa, Makate Asai, and Akiko Abe will read his masterpieces "White Man," "The Sea and Poison," "Silence,” “The Samurai," "Scandal," and "Deep River" from a new perspective, presenting their significance as literature that should be read today.
With "Christianity for the Japanese" as the basis of his literary theme, Endo produced a wide variety of genres, from profound works of pure literature to historical novels, entertainment novels, and plays. In these works, he depicted the dark side of the mind, such as discrimination, guilt, individuality and power, and human weakness, and continued to question what the true self is, whether there is salvation in evil, what life is, what God is, and what faith is.
Endo's literature, which showed tolerance for diversity by not teaching but suffering together and being close to the weak, has comforted and encouraged many readers. He also published a series of essays under another name, Kitsunean Sensei. He named his home in Tamagawa Gakuen, Machida City, "Kitsunean," and during the 20-odd years he spent there, beginning in 1964, he appeared on television interview programs and commercials, and his humorous words and actions made him popular with a wide range of people. Endo later said that having two names gave him a sense of fulfillment that he had "lived more than others."
This exhibition attempts to re-evaluate Endo's literature as literature to be handed down to the next generation. Contemporary writers Naocola Yamazaki, Sosuke Natsukawa, Makate Asai, and Akiko Abe will read his masterpieces "White Man," "The Sea and Poison," "Silence,” “The Samurai," "Scandal," and "Deep River" from a new perspective, presenting their significance as literature that should be read today.
Schedule | Oct 21 (Sat) 2023-Dec 24 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥600, University and High School Students ¥300, Junior High School Students and Under free. Free on October 22 and November 3. | ||||
| Website | https://www.city.machida.tokyo.jp/bunka/bunka_geijutsu/cul/cul08Literature/tenrankai/endoshusakuten.html | ||||
| Venue | Machida City Public Museum of Literature | ||||
| Location | 4-16-17 Haramachida, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-0013 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from the Terminal exit of Machida Station on the JR Yokohama Station, 10 minute walk from the East exit of Machida Station on the Odakyu Odawara line. | ||||
| Phone | 042-739-3420 | ||||
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