Kan Kikuchi

Hiroshi Kikuchi , known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi , was a Japanese author born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He established the publishing company Bungeishunj, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writers Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature. During the Meiji period, Kikuchi Kans main focus was to accurately portray the hardships of the daily lives of the common people. He was one of the leading playwrights during the Meiji period. In 1920, Kikuchi Kans success was more recognized by the general public after the success of one of his pieces of work, Shinju fujin . He was also the head of Daiei Motion Picture Company . He is known to have been an avid player of Mahjong.

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