Buraiha

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Buraiha was a postwar Japanese literary movement characterized by disillusioned, decadent, and nihilistic writers who explored themes of alienation and moral collapse.

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Buraiha canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese literary movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Decadent School ⓘ
linked to: Decadentism

School of Irresponsibility ⓘ
associatedWith Tokyo literary circles ⓘ
linked to: Taishō literature
characteristic anti-heroic protagonists ⓘ
autobiographical elements ⓘ
confessional style ⓘ
decadence ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
existential anxiety ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
criticalReception controversial in contemporary Japan ⓘ
later recognized as influential in modern Japanese literature ⓘ
culturalContext occupation-era Japan ⓘ
focusesOn anti-social behavior ⓘ
marginalized individuals ⓘ
self-destructive tendencies ⓘ
genre postwar Japanese literature ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Oda Sakunosuke ⓘ
Osamu Dazai ⓘ
Sakaguchi Ango ⓘ
hasNotableWork Discourse on Decadence ⓘ
No Longer Human ⓘ
The Setting Sun ⓘ
influencedBy Western existentialism ⓘ
World War II defeat of Japan ⓘ
social upheaval in postwar Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
literaryForm essay ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
movementPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
reactionTo prewar militarism ⓘ
state-imposed ideology ⓘ
traditional moral codes ⓘ
relatedConcept decadent literature ⓘ
nihilism in literature ⓘ
postwar Japanese modernism ⓘ
relatedMovement I-novel tradition ⓘ
startTime 1940s ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
loss of traditional values ⓘ
moral collapse ⓘ
postwar trauma ⓘ
social dislocation ⓘ
urban decadence ⓘ

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Osamu Dazai → movement → Buraiha ⓘ