Author Profile: While working at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, he was moved by the anti-war poem and resignation letter jointly written by Toshihiko Sakai and Shusui Kotoku in the newspaper "Manchoho" and participated in the labor movement. He sympathized with the non-war stance of the weekly "Heimin Shimbun" published by Shusui and Sakai, and approached socialism. Afterward, he worked as a newspaper reporter for the Muro Shinpo in Wakayama Prefecture, thanks to Sakai's help, and in 1904, he participated in the editing of the Heimin Shimbun. He formed a common-law marriage with Suga Kanno, who was six years his senior and a colleague at the paper, and married her in 1907. Around this time, he participated in the socialist evangelism peddling and met Shozo Tanaka, and wrote his first work, "The History of the Destruction of Tanakemura," based on the Ashio Copper Mine Pollution Incident. In 1908, he was arrested in the Red Flag Incident. He was found guilty in court and sentenced to one year in prison. While in prison, his wife, Suga, had an affair with Shusui, and Shusui divorced Chiyoko. Suga also unilaterally sent a letter of divorce to Arahatake in prison. This enraged Kanson, and after his release from prison two years later, he obtained a pistol and attempted to shoot Suga, but failed. Instead, it is said that he planned to assassinate Prime Minister Taro Katsura, but neither attempt was successful. On the other hand, due to his estrangement from Shusui, who became Suga's common-law husband, Kanson ultimately avoided arrest and execution in the subsequent Kotoku Incident (High Treason Incident). Furthermore, in this matter, Shusui and Suga were ostracized by their comrades, and many others, including Kanson, avoided being implicated as a result of their estrangement. After his release from prison, Kanson joined the Baibunsha founded by Sakai and steadily worked to rebuild the system with Hitoshi Yamakawa and Motoyuki Takabatake. In 1912, he co-founded "Kindai Shiso" with Sakae Osugi and further published the monthly "Heimin Shimbun." However, the conflict between Osugi, who advocated syndicalism, and Kanson, who was based on Marxism, gradually surfaced. After parting ways with Osugi, he continued his labor union activities and was active in the Kansai region. He participated in the founding of the Japan Socialist League in 1920 and the Japan Communist Party (First Communist Party) in 1922. This is a copy of Kanson Arahatake's "Heiminsha Jidai: Nihon Shakaishugi Undo no Yoran" (The Heiminsha Era: The Cradle of the Japanese Socialist Movement) published by Chuo Koronsha in August 1973, with the first edition and a slipcase. The main cover is cloth-bound, and the title label is by the author. The slipcase has some yellowing, but the main body has no stains, writing, or bookplates. Please consider purchasing this book, understanding that it is an old book from 51 years ago. ※ The following works by Kanson Arahatake are also on sale: Hansei wo Ikite (Living Against the System) Kanson Sawa (Kanson's Tea Talk)