Premise: Kōbō Abe (安部 公房 , "Abe Kōbō" ) , pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (安部 公房 , "Abe Kimifusa" , March 7, 1924 – January 22, 1993) , was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his modernist sensibilities and his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society.
Hypothesis: Abe Kimifusa is the pseudonym of Japanese playwright Kimifusa Abe.