native_name_lang death_date birth_place nationality name native_name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
japanese 06 march 1948 takamatsu , kagawa japanese kan kikuchi 菊池 寛 26 december 1888 kan kikuchi smoking.jpg kan kikuchi
 hiroshi kikuchi novelist
kan kikuchi

, known by his pen name kan kikuchi -lrb- which uses the same kanji as his real name -rrb- , was a japanese author born in takamatsu , kagawa prefecture , japan .
he established the publishing company bungeishunjū , the monthly magazine of the same name , the japan writer 's association and both the akutagawa and naoki prize for popular literature .
during the meiji period , kikuchi kan 's main focus was to accurately portray the hardships of the daily lives of the common people .
he was one of the leading playwrights during the meiji period .
in 1920 , kikuchi kan 's success was more recognized by the general public after the success of one of his pieces of work , `` shinju fujin '' -lrb- 真珠夫人 madame pearl -rrb- .
he was also the head of daiei motion picture company -lrb- currently kadokawa pictures -rrb- .
he is known to have been an avid player of mahjong .
