1880s: 504 people
Nishizō Tsukahara (塚原 二四三, Tsukahara Nishizō; April 3, 1887 – January 10, 1966), was an admiral in the Imperial…
Nishizō Tsukahara (塚原 二四三, Tsukahara Nishizō; April 3, 1887 – January 10, 1966), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Ōtori Tanigorō (Japanese: 鳳 谷五郎; April 3, 1887 – November 16, 1956) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from…
Ōtori Tanigorō (Japanese: 鳳 谷五郎; April 3, 1887 – November 16, 1956) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. He was the sport's 24th yokozuna.
Shigeru Sawada (沢田 茂, Sawada Shigeru; March 29, 1887 – December 1, 1980) was a career military officer and a lieutenant…
Shigeru Sawada (沢田 茂, Sawada Shigeru; March 29, 1887 – December 1, 1980) was a career military officer and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Chūichi Nagumo (南雲 忠一, Nagumo Chūichi; 25 March 1887 – 6 July 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)…
Chūichi Nagumo (南雲 忠一, Nagumo Chūichi; 25 March 1887 – 6 July 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Nagumo led Japan's main carrier battle group, the Kido Butai, in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and over the following months in successful raids on Darwin in Australia and in the Indian Ocean. In June 1942, he participated at the Battle of Midway, where his strike force suffered a crushing defeat. Nagumo was re-assigned to another fleet during the Guadalcanal campaign, and later stationed in the Japanese home islands. In 1944, he was deployed to a naval command in the Mariana Islands, where he committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan.
Teiichi Yoshimoto (吉本 貞一, Yoshimoto Teiichi; March 23, 1887 – September 14, 1945) was a general in the Imperial…
Teiichi Yoshimoto (吉本 貞一, Yoshimoto Teiichi; March 23, 1887 – September 14, 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
Shimpei Nakayama (中山 晋平, Nakayama Shimpei; March 22, 1887 – December 30, 1952) was a Japanese songwriter famous for his…
Shimpei Nakayama (中山 晋平, Nakayama Shimpei; March 22, 1887 – December 30, 1952) was a Japanese songwriter famous for his many children's songs (warabe uta) and popular songs (ryūkōka) that have become deeply embedded in Japanese popular culture.
Hata Teruo (Japanese: 秦 テルヲ; 20 March 1887, Hiroshima – 25 December 1945, Kyoto) was a Japanese painter and graphic…
Hata Teruo (Japanese: 秦 テルヲ; 20 March 1887, Hiroshima – 25 December 1945, Kyoto) was a Japanese painter and graphic artist. In his works, he attempted to synthesize the nihonga and yōga styles. Many of his later works have Buddhist themes.
Mikihiko Nagata (長田 幹彦, Nagata Mikihiko; May 13, 1887 - May 5, 1964) was a poet and playwright active during the Shōwa…
Mikihiko Nagata (長田 幹彦, Nagata Mikihiko; May 13, 1887 - May 5, 1964) was a poet and playwright active during the Shōwa period in Japan. He also was a scriptwriter.
Korechika Anami (阿南 惟幾, Anami Korechika; 21 February 1887 – 15 August 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Korechika Anami (阿南 惟幾, Anami Korechika; 21 February 1887 – 15 August 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan.
Jin Watanabe (渡辺 仁, Watanabe Jin; 16 February 1887 – 5 September 1973), also known as Hitoshi Watanabe, was a Japanese…
Jin Watanabe (渡辺 仁, Watanabe Jin; 16 February 1887 – 5 September 1973), also known as Hitoshi Watanabe, was a Japanese architect responsible for many buildings in the inter-war years.
Vice-Admiral Masaichi Niimi (新見 政一, Niimi Masaichi; 4 February 1887 – 2 April 1993) was an admiral in the Imperial…
Vice-Admiral Masaichi Niimi (新見 政一, Niimi Masaichi; 4 February 1887 – 2 April 1993) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Masaru Aoki (青木 正児, Aoki Masaru; or Seiji, 1887–1964) was a Japanese Sinologist.
Shinobu Orikuchi (折口 信夫, Orikuchi Shinobu; 11 February 1887–3 September 1953), also known as Chōkū Shaku (釋 迢空, Shaku…
Shinobu Orikuchi (折口 信夫, Orikuchi Shinobu; 11 February 1887–3 September 1953), also known as Chōkū Shaku (釋 迢空, Shaku Chōkū), was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet. As a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an original academic field named "Orikuchiism" (折口学, Orikuchigaku), which is a mixture of Japanese folklore, Japanese classics, and Shintō. He produced many works in a diversity of fields covering the history of literature, folkloric performing arts, folklore itself, Japanese language, the classics study, Shintōology, ancient study, and so on. Yukio Mishima once called him the "Japanese Walter Pater".
Tsuchida Bakusen (土田麦僊; February 9, 1887 – June 10, 1936) was the art-name of a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style…
Tsuchida Bakusen (土田麦僊; February 9, 1887 – June 10, 1936) was the art-name of a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style, active during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras. His birth name was Tsuchida Kinji (土田金二).
Kuninori Kōdō (高堂 国典, Kōdō Kuninori; 29 January 1887 – 22 January 1960), born Saichirō Tanigawa (谷川 佐市郎, Tanigawa…
Kuninori Kōdō (高堂 国典, Kōdō Kuninori; 29 January 1887 – 22 January 1960), born Saichirō Tanigawa (谷川 佐市郎, Tanigawa Saichirō), was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1923 to 1959.
Zenzō Kasai (葛西 善蔵, Kasai Zenzō; 16 January 1887 - 23 July 1928) was a Japanese novelist active in the Taishō period.
Shimizu Toshi (清水 登之; 1 January 1887, Tochigi Prefecture – 7 December 1945, Tochigi Prefecture) was a Japanese painter…
Shimizu Toshi (清水 登之; 1 January 1887, Tochigi Prefecture – 7 December 1945, Tochigi Prefecture) was a Japanese painter in the yōga style.
Manjiro "Matty" Matsuda (松田万次郎 (Matsuda Manjirō); b. 1887 Yatsushiro City, Japan, d. August 15, 1929, Battle Creek…
Manjiro "Matty" Matsuda (松田万次郎 (Matsuda Manjirō); b. 1887 Yatsushiro City, Japan, d. August 15, 1929, Battle Creek, Michigan) was a judoka who became a noted professional wrestler in the early 20th century.
Baku Ishii (Japanese: 石井 漠; December 25, 1886 – January 7, 1962) was a Japanese dancer and choreographer. He was a…
Baku Ishii (Japanese: 石井 漠; December 25, 1886 – January 7, 1962) was a Japanese dancer and choreographer. He was a pioneer of modern dance in Japan.
Toho University (東邦大学, Tōhō Daigaku) is a university in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.
Seiichi Kita (喜多 誠一, Kita Seiichi; December 20, 1886 – August 7, 1947) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who…
Seiichi Kita (喜多 誠一, Kita Seiichi; December 20, 1886 – August 7, 1947) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Japanese First Area Army from September 1944 until the end of World War II. He died as a prisoner in the Soviet Union.
Prince Kuniyuki Tokugawa (徳川圀順, Tokugawa Kuniyuki; 13 December 1886 – 17 November 1969) was the 13th head of the Mito…
Prince Kuniyuki Tokugawa (徳川圀順, Tokugawa Kuniyuki; 13 December 1886 – 17 November 1969) was the 13th head of the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan and the President of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan.
Shūmei Ōkawa (大川 周明, Ōkawa Shūmei; 6 December 1886 – 24 December 1957) was a Japanese nationalist and writer, known for…
Shūmei Ōkawa (大川 周明, Ōkawa Shūmei; 6 December 1886 – 24 December 1957) was a Japanese nationalist and writer, known for his publications on Japanese history, philosophy of religion, Indian philosophy, and colonialism. Ōkawa advocated a form of Pan-Asianism which promoted Asian solidarity as a cover for Japanese imperialism and beliefs in Japanese racial supremacy. He co-founded the Japanese radical nationalist group Yūzonsha, and in 1926 he published his most influential work: Japan and the Way of the Japanese (Nihon oyobi Nihonjin no michi), which was so popular that it would be reprinted 46 times by the end of World War II. Ōkawa was also involved in a number of attempted coups d'état by the Japanese military, including the March Incident. After his arrest following the March incident, Ōkawa was protected by the intervention of General Kazushige Ugaki, and received a sentence of five years in prison, of which he served two years. He continued to publish numerous books and articles, helping popularize the idea that a "clash of civilizations" between the East and West was inevitable, and that Japan was destined to be the liberator and protector of Asia against the United States and other Western nations. In the Tokyo tribunal after the end of World War II, Ōkawa was prosecuted as a class-A war criminal based on his role as an ideologue. The Allies described him as the "Japanese Goebbels", and of the twenty-eight people indicted with this charge, he was the only one not a military officer or government official. The case against him was dropped when he was found mentally unfit to stand trial. Ōkawa's writings were used in the final verdict as part of the evidence for the crime of conspiracy to commit aggression.
Masakazu Kawabe (河辺 正三, Kawabe Masakazu; 5 December 1886 – 2 March 1965) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.…
Masakazu Kawabe (河辺 正三, Kawabe Masakazu; 5 December 1886 – 2 March 1965) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He held important commands in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and during World War II in the Burma Campaign and defense of the Japanese homeland late in the war. He was also the elder brother of General Torashirō Kawabe.
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu; 27 November 1886 – 29 January 1968) was a Japanese-French painter.…
Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu; 27 November 1886 – 29 January 1968) was a Japanese-French painter. After studying Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita travelled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern art scene of the Montparnasse neighbourhood and developed an eclectic style that borrowed from both Japanese and European artistic traditions. With his unusual fashion and distinctive figurative style, Foujita reached the height of his fame in 1920s Paris. His watercolour and oil works of nudes, still lifes, and self-portraits were a commercial success and he became a notable figure in the Parisian art scene. Foujita spent three years traveling through South and North America before returning to Japan in 1933, documenting his observations in sketches and paintings. Upon his return home, Foujita became an official war artist during World War II, illustrating battle scenes to raise the morale of the Japanese troops and citizens. His oil paintings won him acclaim during the war, but public perception of him became mixed following the Japanese defeat. Without significant prospects in the post-war Japanese art scene, Foujita returned to France in 1950, where he would spend the rest of his life. He received French nationality in 1955 and converted to Catholicism in 1959. His latter years were spent working on the frescoes for a small, Romanesque chapel in Reims that he had constructed. He died in 1968, shortly after the chapel officially opened. In France, Foujita is remembered as part of the années folles of the 1920s, but public opinion of him in Japan remains mixed due to his monumental depictions of the war. Retrospective exhibitions organized since 2006 in Japan have sought to establish Foujita's place in Japanese twentieth-century art history.
Yoshio Kozuki (上月 良夫, Kōzuki Yoshio; November 7, 1886 – April 3, 1971) was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial…
Yoshio Kozuki (上月 良夫, Kōzuki Yoshio; November 7, 1886 – April 3, 1971) was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the 17th Area Army in Korea from April 1945 until the end of World War II.
Sadae Inoue (井上 貞衛, Inoue Sadae; November 5, 1886 – October 26, 1961) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in…
Sadae Inoue (井上 貞衛, Inoue Sadae; November 5, 1886 – October 26, 1961) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He commanded the Japanese forces at the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Angaur.
Togo Yamamoto (山本冬郷, Yamamoto Tōgō; November 4, 1886 – March 24, 1952) was a pioneering actor who appeared on stage and…
Togo Yamamoto (山本冬郷, Yamamoto Tōgō; November 4, 1886 – March 24, 1952) was a pioneering actor who appeared on stage and film in the United States and Japan.
Sakutarō Hagiwara (萩原 朔太郎, Hagiwara Sakutarō; 1 November 1886 – 11 May 1942) was a Japanese writer of free verse…
Sakutarō Hagiwara (萩原 朔太郎, Hagiwara Sakutarō; 1 November 1886 – 11 May 1942) was a Japanese writer of free verse, active in the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the "father of modern colloquial poetry in Japan". He published many volumes of essays, literary and cultural criticism, and aphorisms over his long career. His unique style of verse expressed his doubts about existence, and his fears, ennui, and anger through the use of dark images and unambiguous wording. He died from pneumonia aged 55.
Prince Shimazu Tadashige (島津 忠重; 20 October 1886 – 4 April 1968), was the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi and 30th head of the…
Prince Shimazu Tadashige (島津 忠重; 20 October 1886 – 4 April 1968), was the son of Shimazu Tadayoshi and 30th head of the Shimazu clan. He was a naval officer, and rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. His wife was the daughter of Tokudaiji Sanetsune.
Tokubei Kuroda (黒田 徳米, Kuroda Tokubei; October 17, 1886 – May 15, 1987) was a Japanese scientist and academic. He is…
Tokubei Kuroda (黒田 徳米, Kuroda Tokubei; October 17, 1886 – May 15, 1987) was a Japanese scientist and academic. He is best known as a pioneering taxonomist and malacologist specializing in Japanese marine and terrestrial Mollusca.
Count Isamu Yoshii (吉井 勇, Yoshii Isamu; October 8, 1886 − November 9, 1960) was a Japanese tanka poet and playwright…
Count Isamu Yoshii (吉井 勇, Yoshii Isamu; October 8, 1886 − November 9, 1960) was a Japanese tanka poet and playwright active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. Attracted to European romanticism in his youth, his later works were more subdued.
Kizen Sasaki (佐々木喜善, Sasaki Kizen), also sometimes Sun-Hee Sasaki and Kyōseki Sasaki (5 October 1886 – 29 September…
Kizen Sasaki (佐々木喜善, Sasaki Kizen), also sometimes Sun-Hee Sasaki and Kyōseki Sasaki (5 October 1886 – 29 September 1933), was a Japanese folklorist, sometimes known as the Japanese Grimm.
Marquess Yoshichika Tokugawa (德川 義親, Tokugawa Yoshichika; 5 October 1886 – 6 September 1976) was a Japanese botanist…
Marquess Yoshichika Tokugawa (德川 義親, Tokugawa Yoshichika; 5 October 1886 – 6 September 1976) was a Japanese botanist, hunter, patron of the arts and sciences, and politician. He was the 19th head of the Owari-Tokugawa family, one of the Tokugawa Gosanke.
Vice-Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa (小沢 治三郎, Ozawa Jisaburō; October 2, 1886 – November 9, 1966) was an admiral in the Imperial…
Vice-Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa (小沢 治三郎, Ozawa Jisaburō; October 2, 1886 – November 9, 1966) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Ozawa held several important commands at sea throughout the duration of the conflict (Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 3rd Fleet, 1st Mobile Fleet, and the Combined Fleet). Ozawa was noted for his innovative ideas in the employment of aircraft carriers. However, he could not, in his most important commands from 1943 onward, succeed in overcoming the superiority of American carrier aviation. In terms of quantity and quality of aircraft, as well as pilot training and experience, the Americans outmatched the Japanese carrier forces under Ozawa's command. Ozawa commanded Japanese carrier forces during some of the most significant naval battles that took place in the Pacific Theatre: the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet. Ozawa has been noted for his unusual height for a Japanese man of his time period, measuring in at over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, although his exact height has not been reliably reported.
Nobutake Kondō (近藤 信竹; 25 September 1886 – 19 February 1953) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World…
Nobutake Kondō (近藤 信竹; 25 September 1886 – 19 February 1953) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. As commander of IJN 2nd Fleet, the Navy's principal detached force for independent operations, Kondō was regarded as second in importance only to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
Ujihiro Iga (伊賀 氏広, Iga Ujihiro; September 6, 1886 – February 25, 1966) was an early pioneer in Japanese aviation. Born…
Ujihiro Iga (伊賀 氏広, Iga Ujihiro; September 6, 1886 – February 25, 1966) was an early pioneer in Japanese aviation. Born into the kazoku nobility, Iga gained an intense interest in aviation during his time in the Imperial Japanese Army. From 1910 to 1912, he engaged in intensive aviation research and ultimately produced two experimental designs. Though neither conducted a successful test flight, Iga's second aircraft, the "Dancing Crane," was the first aircraft to be produced entirely in Japan. Iga withdrew from aviation research in 1913, and spent the remainder of his life working in industrial management, promoting the modernization of firefighting, and researching Japanese Buddhism.
Rensuke Isogai (磯谷 廉介, Isogai Rensuke; 3 September 1886 – 6 June 1967) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and…
Rensuke Isogai (磯谷 廉介, Isogai Rensuke; 3 September 1886 – 6 June 1967) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation from 20 February 1942 to 24 December 1944.
Yuhachi Ikeda (28 August 1886 – 31 March 1963) was a Japanese sculptor. His work was part of the art competitions at…
Yuhachi Ikeda (28 August 1886 – 31 March 1963) was a Japanese sculptor. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Naosaku Takahashi (髙橋直作 [or 高橋直作], birth name: Naosaku Yamanaka [山中直作], pen name: Shimbi Takahashi [高橋真美]) was a social…
Naosaku Takahashi (髙橋直作 [or 高橋直作], birth name: Naosaku Yamanaka [山中直作], pen name: Shimbi Takahashi [高橋真美]) was a social worker, a novelist in his youth, and a minister (at first the Salvation Army and later the United Church of Christ in Japan).
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō; 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered…
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō; 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work range from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Frequently, his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which the West and Japanese tradition are juxtaposed. He was one of six authors on the final shortlist for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, the year before his death.
Masaomi Yasuoka (安岡 正臣, Yasuoka Masaomi; 21 July 1886 – 12 April 1948) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial…
Masaomi Yasuoka (安岡 正臣, Yasuoka Masaomi; 21 July 1886 – 12 April 1948) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Misao Fujimura (藤村 操, Fujimura Misao; July 20, 1886 – May 22, 1903) was a Japanese philosophy student and poet, largely…
Misao Fujimura (藤村 操, Fujimura Misao; July 20, 1886 – May 22, 1903) was a Japanese philosophy student and poet, largely remembered due to his farewell poem.
Nobuko Matsudaira (松平信子, 15 July 1886 – 8 May 1969), also known as Madame Matsudaira, was a Japanese socialite. As the…
Nobuko Matsudaira (松平信子, 15 July 1886 – 8 May 1969), also known as Madame Matsudaira, was a Japanese socialite. As the wife of a Japanese ambassador based in Washington, D.C. and London, she was well known as a political hostess in the West in the 1920s and 1930s.
Tano Jōdai (上代たの) (July 3, 1886 – April 8, 1982) was a professor of English literature, peace activist, and the sixth…
Tano Jōdai (上代たの) (July 3, 1886 – April 8, 1982) was a professor of English literature, peace activist, and the sixth president of the Japan Women's University.
Jōkō Obama (小浜 浄鉱, Obama Jōkō; July 1886 – September 24, 1948) was a Japanese government bureaucrat. He was appointed…
Jōkō Obama (小浜 浄鉱, Obama Jōkō; July 1886 – September 24, 1948) was a Japanese government bureaucrat. He was appointed governor of Fukui Prefecture and was the Chief of Internal Affairs for the Governor-General of Taiwan.
Hitoshi Imamura (今村 均, Imamura Hitoshi; 28 June 1886 – 4 October 1968) was a Japanese general who served in the…
Hitoshi Imamura (今村 均, Imamura Hitoshi; 28 June 1886 – 4 October 1968) was a Japanese general who served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, and was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Finding his punishment to be too light, Imamura built a replica of his prison in his garden and confined himself there until his death.
Tsuruko Haraguchi (Japanese: 原口鶴子; 18 June 1886 – 26 September 1915) was a Japanese psychologist and the first Japanese…
Tsuruko Haraguchi (Japanese: 原口鶴子; 18 June 1886 – 26 September 1915) was a Japanese psychologist and the first Japanese woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy.
Tachū Naitō (内藤 多仲, Naitō Tachū; 12 June 1886 – 25 August 1970) was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He…
Tachū Naitō (内藤 多仲, Naitō Tachū; 12 June 1886 – 25 August 1970) was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He was a father of earthquake-proof design and built many broadcasting and observation towers, including the Tokyo Tower.
Okamoto Ippei (岡本 一平) (June 11, 1886 – October 11, 1948) was a Japanese illustrator, cartoonist, and writer.