Tsuji, Kunio

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TSUJI, Kunio

TSUJI, Kunio. Japanese, b. 1925. Genres: Novels, Literary criticism and history. Career: Gakushuin University, Tokyo, part-time lecturer, 1956, 1961, professor of French literature, 1975-90; St. Paul's University, Tokyo, assistant professor of literature, 1966-72; Tokyo Agricultural College, professor of literature, 1972-75; University of Paris X, lecturer in cultural anthropology, 1980-81; University of Paris III, lecturer in Japanese literature, 1983-84. Publications: FICTION: On the Corridor, 1963; The Fort of Summer, 1965; Azuchi Okanki, 1968, trans. by S. Snyder as The Signore: Shogun of the Warring States, 1990; The Canticle of Amakusa, 1971; Sagano Moonlight Journal, 1971; Julia and the Magic City (nursery story), 1971; Julianus the Apostate, 1972; Poseidons Mask Festival, 1973; A Journey toward a Midday Sea, 1975; The Crowning of Spring, 1977; Time's Door, 1977; Twelve Stories According to Twelve Portraits, 1981; Angels Pass the Streets, 1985; Seven Sceneries in a Person's Life, 1988; Revolutionary the Chronicle of Fouche, 1989; Life of Saigyo (historical novel), 1995. OTHER: Prolegomena for Novels-A Study of Narrativity and Aesthetical Grounds of Novels, 1968; Memoranda at Paris (5 volumes), 1973-74; Collected Essays of Kunio Tsuji (5 volumes), 1974-81; A Journey toward Poesy, a Journey from Poesy (travel), 1974; An Olive-Twig (essays), 1980; Arimasa Mori (criticism), 1988. Contributor to journals. Address: Takanawa 3-1-10-605, Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan.