was a Japanese literary critic.
Ogawa was born in Tokyo, and graduated from Meiji University's Literature Department in 1951. Having Shin'ichirÃ
 Nakamura as his mentor, he began writing poetry and literary criticism, and after a stint as a high school teacher in Tochigi Prefecture, he became an assistant professor at Showa Women's University. After retiring, he also worked as a lecturer at his alma mater and at Tokyo Denki University. After 1990 many of his writings centered on cherry blossoms.
He died on 20 September 2014 of stomach cancer.
Works (selection)
- "Shiki" to sono shijin, 1970
- Miyoshi Tatsuji kenkyÃ
«, 1970
- ShÃ
Âwa jojÃ
Âshi kenkyÃ
« : Tachihara MichizÃ
 kÃ
ÂshÃ
 to giron, 1971
- Miyoshi Tatsuji no sekai, 1972
- ItÃ
 Shizuo ron, 1973
- ShÃ
Âwa bungaku ron kÃ
Â, 1975
- Takahashi Kazumi kenkyÃ
«, 1976
- Tachihara MichizÃ
 kenkyÃ
«, 1977
- Gendaishi dochaku to genshitsu, 1976
- Ritoru magajin hakkutsu : bungakushi no suiheisen, 1976
- ShÃ
Âwa bungaku no ichisokumen : shiteki kyÃ
Âensha no bungaku, 1977
- Tachihara MichizÃ
 ai no tegami : bungaku arubamu, 1978
- Karuizawa : bundan shiryÃ
Â, 1980
- ItÃ
 Shizuo : kokÃ
 no jojÃ
 shijin, 1980
- Bunmei kaika no shi, 1980
- Bungakuhi no aru fÃ
«kei : shi no kokoro shi no fÃ
«do, 1983
- Hori Tatsuo sono ai to shi, 1984
- Mishima Yukio : han "Nihon rÃ
Âmanha" ron, 1985
- Hori Tatsuo : sakka no kyÃ
Âgai, 1986
- Sakura no bungakushi, 1991
- ShÃ
Âka, sanbika, gunka no shigen, 2005
- Sakura to Nihon bunka : seimeibi kara sange no hana e, 2007
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