Fusao Hayashi

Hayashi Fusao
Hayashi Fusao
Born(1903-05-30)30 May 1903
Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Died9 October 1975(1975-10-09) (aged 72)
Kamakura, Japan
OccupationWriter and literary critic
GenreProletarian
Notable works Dai Toa Senso Kotei Ron

Gotō Toshio (後藤寿夫; 30 May 1903 – 9 October 1975), known by his pen name Hayashi Fusao (林 房雄), was a Japanese novelist and literary critic in Shōwa period Japan. He is known for his early works in the proletarian literature movement, although he later became an ultranationalist. He also used the alias Shirai Akira.