Eitaro Noro
Japanese economist (1900–1934)
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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)