A portrait drawn by literary giant Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) has gone on display for the first time since it was created more than 70 years ago. It is being exhibited at the Mitaka City Gallery of Art ...

GOSHOGAWARA, Aomori Prefecture--Apple growers created an apple wine similar to what is featured in "Tsugaru" by Osamu Dazai (1909-1948), considered one of Japan's foremost novelists of the 20th ...

People who know Naledi are perpetually aware of two things: he is a talented visual artist, and he has seen copious amounts of anime. Where To Watch Every Summer 2024 Anime Where To Watch Every Summer ...

Writing is a famously miserable profession, but Osamu Dazai stands out as one of the most despondent writers ever to live. That strain is everywhere in evidence in his work, but it is on special ...

There are several anime characters with identical physical attributes, making them look like twins from different universes. Dazai from Bungou Stray Dogs is one of the most popular anime characters, ...

The Japanese novelist’s dark-hearted comedies are at once unhinged and brilliant. Osamu Dazai, 1924. Where to begin the story? It’s tempting to start at the end—on the morning of Osamu Dazai’s 39th ...

The enduring appeal of a midcentury Japanese novelist who wrote of alienation and suicide. By Andrew Martin The first thing you hear is an eerie synth tone, followed by a portentous, insinuating voice ...

Osamu Dazai is one of the most beloved characters from the smash-hit series Bungo Stray Dogs. The anime centers around members of the Armed Detective Agency, of which Dazai is one, as they try to ...

The author Osamu Dazai committed suicide — several times. The first was on a cold December night in 1929, just before his school exams. But the overdose of sleeping pills he took was not enough; he ...