Kikuchi Kan, given name Hiroshi, was a short story writer and publisher born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. A colleague of Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Kume Masao, Kikuchi helped found the magazine Shinshicho (New Trends of Thought) in 1917. Besides pursuing his own writing career, Kikuchi also helped to establish the Japan Writer’s Association and the Akutagawa and Naoki prizes along with the publishing company Bungei Shunju, which publishes the literary magazines Bungei shunju (Literary Chronicle) and Bungakkai (Literary World). He also founded the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1938.
See also BUNDAN; YAMAMOTO YUZO.
Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater. J. Scott Miller. 2009.