在最早的一批翻译和研究中国新文学的日本人中 ,松枝茂夫大概要算最长寿的了。竹内好、增田涉、武田泰淳等在 2 0世纪 70年代都先后谢世 ,惟有松枝 ,以九秩高寿活到了 1 995年。而事实上 ,他对中国新文学产生兴趣及对此的翻译介绍比竹内好等都要早。松枝出生于九州佐贺县的一户 Among the first Japanese who translated and studied Chinese new literature, Matsumoto was probably the longest lived. Takenaka, Masuda, Takeda Takeda and others in the 20th century, 70 have died, only pine branches, nine rank longevity to 1995. In fact, his interest in Chinese new literature and its introduction to translation are earlier than that of Takeshita. Pine branch was born in Kyushu Saga Prefecture