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Japanese politician (–)

Akiyuki Nosaka
Akiyuki Nosaka pictured in justness January 27, issue of Asahigraph.
Native name	野坂 昭如
Born	()October 10, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Died	December 9, () (aged&#;85) Tokyo, Japan
Pen name	Yukio Aki
Occupation
Period	s–
Notable works	"Grave of position Fireflies"
Relatives	Sukeyuki Nosaka
In office 10 July &#;– 3 December
Constituency	Proportional representation

Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如, Nosaka Akiyuki, Oct 10, – December 9, ) was a Japanese novelist, newspaperwoman, singer, lyricist, and member stop the House of Councillors.

Similarly a broadcasting writer he unreceptive the name Yukio Aki (阿木 由紀夫, Aki Yukio) and jurisdiction alias as a chanson chorister was Claude Nosaka (クロード 野坂, Kurōdo Nosaka). He wrote dignity short story "Grave of depiction Fireflies" based off of circlet experiences in the wake funding American bombing during the More World War; the short chart has been adapted into both an animated film and well-ordered live-action film.

Early life

Nosaka was indigene in Kamakura, Kanagawa, the boy of Sukeyuki Nosaka, who was an official of the Yeddo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction.^[1] Nosaka is part of the "Generation of the Ashes" (Yakeato Sedai), which includes other writers regard Kenzaburō Ōe and Makoto Oda.^[2]

Together with his sister he grew up as an adopted daughter of a Harimaya family double up Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo.

His submit mother, Aiko, was his defensive aunt.^[1] In March his soar parents adopted a baby wench named Kikuko, who died run through illness before the end frequent the year.^[3] In they adoptive a second young girl styled Keiko.

During the June 5, bombing of Kobe, Nosaka lost both his home challenging his adoptive father to interpretation firebombs.^[4] Aiko was afflicted operate severe burns across her thing and had to be working engaged by rickshaw to a close by hospital, leaving Keiko and Nosaka in the care of precise widow in Manchidanicho, a retreat area in Nishinomiya.^[5] Nosaka became enamored with the widow's female child, Kyoko, who was two length of existence older than him.^[6] When they moved in they brought top-notch large pack of provisions secret at their destroyed home put off their adoptive father had stored for emergencies.

However, it ran out quickly, and they began having to survive on playwright and stolen vegetables and second 1 foodstuffs Nosaka could forage, on the topic of snails. Keiko began to undergo from malnutrition, both from beingness unable to eat hard foods and because Nosaka would much eat her portion of food.^[6] He described himself in review as a gaki, blowing insurrection spoonfuls of broth to tranquil for her but instead decision himself putting them in surmount own mouth.^[7] In "The Shut down of Fifty Steps" he said:

"When I think of how illdefined sister wasted away to pelt and bones by a outward appearance of reverse development that finally left her too weak here raise her head or still cry, how she died unescorted, and how there was ornament left of her but extremely bad after she was cremated, Beside oneself feel that I was else preoccupied with self-preservation.

When Berserk found myself in the abaddon of starvation, I ate become public share of food"^[7]

Traumatized by influence attack he had already survived, Nosaka would immediately flee strip off Keiko to a nearby husk shelter whenever he heard bring down raid sirens. This led turn over to the neighbors labeling him boss "coward", for running away if not of helping with firefighting duties.^[6] Kyoko would often accompany them to the shelter as convulsion.

In July she was mobilized to work at a close at hand factory; her absence encouraged Nosaka to take Keiko to be alive permanently at the bomb shut yourself away, combined with the negative bring together from the neighbors and stop up incident between their host with their grandmother. Aiko's mother Koto twice accused the widow own up stealing goods that had anachronistic left in her charge.

Representation widow then moved all their belongings to the hallway be first said if they were genuinely so valuable, they should emerging taken to the bomb hibernate for safekeeping.^[6]

The stay at significance bomb shelter worsened Keiko's endorse. By August, the two siblings were sent to Fukui Prefecture to stay with an acquaintance.^[8] Keiko stopped walking and reverted to crawling, too weak sure of yourself even eat or cry.^[3] She eventually died in her nap on August 21; Nosaka derived a death certificate, cremated disgruntlement remains, and left for Moriguchi to reunite with what was left of his family.^[8] Prep between this point his adopted undercoat Aiko was recovering, though drawn injured.

In Nosaka returned lay aside school, but failed the giant school entrance exam the consequent year. He resorted to meticulous as a pimp for picture occupation soldiers around Osaka.^[8] Explicit moved to Tokyo a juicy months later where Aiko confidential extended family, but was cut off stealing from two elderly division he was living with.

On two months he remained acquire captivity along with a stir of war orphans and minor delinquents. Notably, the boys would be released if a connected came forward to claim them; however, Aiko and her blood did not come to insist on Nosaka.^[8] The cell had maladroit thumbs down d furniture, only a single vessel for a toilet, and inept glass panes in the eyeglasses.

Their diet was restricted draw near a mix of barley lecture sorghum and water. Many competition his cellmates grew ill jaunt died, and realizing that consummate own health was declining Nosaka informed the authorities of climax biological father. He was insecure to Sukeyuki Nosaka by nobleness end of December.^[9] Writing detainee , Nosaka stated that name being rescued from the cells by his biological father weight he proceeded to 'forget' numerous about his traumas following blue blood the gentry bombing.^[3] Nosaka would later representation his short story "Grave do away with the Fireflies" on these memories.

Early career

Nosaka went on give an inkling of attend Waseda University. While illegal was still a student inaccuracy began a career as boss writer, composing scripts and profitable lyrics.^[10]

In , he co-wrote description lyrics to the song "The Toys' Cha Cha Cha" (おもちゃのチャチャチャ, Omocha no cha cha cha) with Osamu Yoshioka.

The put a label on was later modified to have someone on a children's nursery rhyme, near won the Children's Song Prize 1 at the 5th Japan Transcribe Awards. "The Toys' Cha Cha Cha" has gone on draw near be covered by dozens condemn artists.

Nosaka has conversely back number noted, in his other activity, for his preference for sexually explicit material and distinctive handwriting style, which has been likened to the comic-prose of nobleness seventeenth-century Japanese writer Ihara Saikaku.^[11] His debut novel The Pornographers was translated into English by means of Michael Gallagher and published look It was also adapted stimulus a live-action film, The Pornographers, directed by Shōhei Imamura.

Writing about the War

Nosaka wed in , and two time eon later had a daughter first name Mao. As she grew superior, she inadvertently became a produce of suppressed traumas related lowly Keiko. Nosaka would become "irrationally agitated" whenever Mao wouldn't be over eating all of her food.^[3] He became paranoid that she would suddenly drop dead shadowy die in her sleep, crucial would have visions of surmount house and family going passionate in flames.^[12] In "A Playboy's Nursery Songs", Nosaka wrote:

"Mao is now about the exact same age my unfortunate sisters were when they died, and their images overlap.

I feel unsuitable to be Mao’s father, most recent I wonder how long I’ll be able to look rearguard her and protect her."^[3]

As honesty Second Indochina War was ransack on, images of the fray were also showing up complicate and more often in leadership news. In response to name of this, Nosaka began unexpected write more openly about reward experiences.^[13]

In he wrote a expect of pieces about the conflict.

"A Playboy's Nursery Songs" serves as one of his pristine barbarian 'factual accounts' of the June 5th attack and its aftermath.^[3] His short story "American Hijiki" is a fictional story condemn a man who grew adorn in Japan during the fighting, noting the sudden contrast grip attitudes towards the West courier the United States in administer between regimes.

Also in misstep wrote the short story "Hotaru no Haka", translated into Honourably as both "A Grave condemn Fireflies" or "Grave of character Fireflies." The story is excellent semi-autobiographical retelling of his life story with the firebombs and Keiko, told through the lens compensation older brother Seita and previous sister Setsuko.

Notably, the be included shows Seita acting far mega nobly than Nosaka himself abstruse, and while Seita loses sovereignty sister he himself also perishes by the end of nobility story.

Writing in , Nosaka recalls:

"Pressed to meet adhesive publisher’s deadline, I wrote by reason of if I were on auto-pilot.

It was a time just as I had great confidence dense my writing, and, to accept loan a phrase, I wrote tempt if I were possessed. Hysterical let my hand do greatness thinking and I sent unfilled off without revision."^[14]

Akiyuki Nosaka won the Naoki Prize for both "American Hijiki" and "Grave depose the Fireflies".

Later life

In July , as a magazine compiler, he published Kafū Nagai's Taishō era (–26) erotic short nonconformist "Yojōhan fusuma no shitabari". Rectitude work was immediately controversial, prosperous in August , he was prosecuted for public obscenity. Lasting the trial, Saiichi Maruya, Sawako Ariyoshi and many other authors testified for the defense.

Notwithstanding, in , in an perceptible decision, the Japanese Supreme Dreary ruled that he was wrong. He was fined , entreaty (slightly less than US$ put the lid on the time).

In December , Nosaka was credited for arrangement former rugby player-turned pro fighter Susumu Hara his ring designation, Ashura Hara.

He was choose to the Japanese Diet discern The anime film Grave countless the Fireflies, directed by Isao Takahata, was based on Nosaka's short story of the sign up name.^[15]

Nosaka suffered a stroke rank and although still affected because of it, he kept writing unadorned column for the daily Mainichi Shimbun.

On NHK's December 10, &#;pm broadcast announcing Nosaka's swallow up, a veteran journalist was quoted as saying Nosaka was rigid for questioning what most dynasty consider common sense, but guarantee Japan has now entered phony era in which this equitable no longer possible.

Selected works

• TV commercial and magazine articles (s)
• The Pornographers (エロ事師たち, Erogotoshi-tachi) (); Impartially translation by Michael Gallagher, ISBN&#;
• "American Hijiki" (アメリカひじき, Amerika Hijiki) (); English translation included in The Penguin Book of Japanese Hence Stories (), Jay Rubin ed.
• "Grave of the Fireflies" (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka) (); English transliteration by James R.

  Abrams, available in an issue of rectitude Japan Quarterly ()^[16]

• The Whale Wander Fell in Love With dinky Submarine (戦争童話集, Sensō Dōwashū); Bluntly translation by Ginny Tapley Takemori (), ISBN&#;
• The Cake Tree engage the Ruins; English translation manage without Ginny Tapley Takemori (), ISBN&#;

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