Eitaro Noro (野呂 榮太郎, Noro Eitarō, 1900–1934) was a Japanese economic historian. Noro was born in Hokkaido in 1900. He studied at Keio Gijuku University, where he first became involved in radical politics. He worked for a labour research institute following graduation. In 1930 he joined the Japanese Communist Party. He was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Koza school, a branch of Japanese Marxist thought.[1]

Noro was arrested in November 1933. He died on 19 February 1934, in Shinagawa Police Station.[2] His death was the result of police torture.[1]

Works

  • Nihon Shihonshugi Hattatsushi (History of the Development of Japanese Capitalism) (1930)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, Volume 2By D.R. Woolf Page 663-664 ISBN 978-0-8153-1514-8
  2. ^ Janus-Faced Justice: Political Criminals in Imperial Japan By Richard H. Mitchell ISBN 978-0-8248-1410-6