Sakunosuke Oda (織田 作之助, October 26, 1913 - January 10, 1947) was a Japanese writer. He is often grouped together with Osamu Dazai and Ango Sakaguchi as the Buraiha, "the school of irresponsibility and decadence." Literally meaning ruffian or hooligan school this was not a matter of a true stylistic school but a label bestowed upon them by conservative critics disparagingly critical of the authors shared attitudes and the subject matter they wrote about. Their writing stands in contrast to the tradition and morals of the ultra-nationalistic literature that was critically and state condoned at the time.