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
Died	February 19, 1934 (aged 33) Tokyo
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Marxism, Japanese Capitalism
Academic background
Thesis	The historical development of Japanese capitalism (1926)
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Sub-discipline	Japanese economics
Institutions	Industrial 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

• Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period

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