Naoe Kinoshita

A novel of outspoken protest, 'Pillar of Fire' is unique in the literature of modern Japan. First published in 1904, when Japan embarked enthusiastically on a 'just' war against Russia, it stands uncompromisingly for peace and reconciliation with the Russian people, pleads for social justice to mitigate the cruel conditions which existed in so many of Japan's newly developed industries, and lampoons the greed and immorality of the authoritarian Establishment...