Eitaro Noro

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 labor 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]

Eitaro Noro
野呂榮太郎
DiedFebruary 19, 1934(1934-02-19) (aged 33)
Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
Known forMarxism, Japanese Capitalism
Academic background
ThesisThe historical development of Japanese capitalism (1926)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineJapanese economics
InstitutionsIndustrial Labour Research Institute

Noro was arrested in November 1933. He died on February 19, 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 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
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