Saitō Sanki (西東三鬼; May 15, 1900 – April 1, 1962) was a Japanese haiku poet.
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Wataru Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 渡, Takahashi Wataru, 1900–1944) was a Japanese attorney and photographer.
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Eitaro Noro (野呂 榮太郎, Noro Eitarō; 1900–1934) was a Japanese economic historian. Noro was born in Hokkaido in 1900. He…
Eitaro Noro (野呂 榮太郎, Noro Eitarō; 1900–1934) was a Japanese economic historian. Noro was born in Hokkaido in 1900. He studied at Keio Gijuku University, where he first became involved in radical politics. He worked for a labour research institute following graduation. In 1930 he joined the Japanese Communist Party. He was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Koza school, a branch of Japanese Marxist thought. Noro was arrested in November 1933. He died on 19 February 1934, in Shinagawa Police Station. His death was the result of police torture.
Toshiro Sasaki (佐左木 俊郎, Sasaki Toshirō) (April 14, 1900 – March 13, 1933) was a Japanese author in the early 20th…
Toshiro Sasaki (佐左木 俊郎, Sasaki Toshirō) (April 14, 1900 – March 13, 1933) was a Japanese author in the early 20th century. Most of his works have been published through the Aozora Bunko project. He was born in Miyagi Prefecture.
Teijo Nakamura (中村 汀女, なかむら ていじょ, April 11, 1900 – Sept. 20, 1988) was the pen name of Japanese haiku poet Hamako Saitō…
Teijo Nakamura (中村 汀女, なかむら ていじょ, April 11, 1900 – Sept. 20, 1988) was the pen name of Japanese haiku poet Hamako Saitō (斎藤 破魔子, さいとう はまこ). She was a prolific poet and one of the founding leaders of the women's haiku circle at Hototogisu, and is credited with championing women's inclusion in the world of haiku. Alongside three of the other members of her literary circle, Teijo's work is considered to typify women's haiku of the Showa period.
Koyama Fujio (小山富士夫; March 24, 1900—October 7, 1975) was a scholar of Japanese pottery and porcelain and Chinese…
Koyama Fujio (小山富士夫; March 24, 1900—October 7, 1975) was a scholar of Japanese pottery and porcelain and Chinese ceramics. He was also a potter in his own right. Amongst his publications are: "Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics" (1961). "The Heritage of Japanese Ceramics" (1973), translated into English from the original publication in "Nihon Toji no Dento" in 1967 He developed the category of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. The Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo dedicated a retrospective "Tsuchi ni Asobu, To ni Manabu" (Play With Clay, Learn From Pots) in the spring of 2000.
Kenji Tomiki (富木 謙治, Tomiki Kenji; March 15, 1900 – December 25, 1979) was a Japanese martial artist who specialized in…
Kenji Tomiki (富木 謙治, Tomiki Kenji; March 15, 1900 – December 25, 1979) was a Japanese martial artist who specialized in aikido and judo family of martial arts. He was a pedagogue of martial arts theory (武道論, Budo-ron). He is the founder of Japan Aikido Association and the competitive aikido (aikido kyogi) style. Tomiki was a professor at Kenkoku University in Manchuria and later at the Faculty of Education at Waseda University. Tomiki is credited in devising and introducing new forms of Randori practice in Aikido. He founded his own Aikido system, which has many differences from other Aikido styles, mainly in randori training, and is referred by several names including Tomiki Aikido, Shodokan Aikido and Sport Aikido.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Yokote High School📅 Born March 15🎂 Born 1900📍 From Semboku, Akita💼 Martial Artist💼 Judo
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Dōgane Giichi (Japanese: 銅金 義一; 1900–1972) was a Japanese Army officer. He was also a metallurgist and mechanical…
Dōgane Giichi (Japanese: 銅金 義一; 1900–1972) was a Japanese Army officer. He was also a metallurgist and mechanical engineer.
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Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto (March 12, 1900 – May 8, 1990) was a Japanese-American artist, art teacher and a survivor of…
Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto (March 12, 1900 – May 8, 1990) was a Japanese-American artist, art teacher and a survivor of Japanese American Internment during World War II. Sugimoto became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1952.
Hajime Katō (加藤土師萌, Katō Hajime) (March 7, 1900 – September 25, 1968) was a Japanese potter. He was named a Living…
Hajime Katō (加藤土師萌, Katō Hajime) (March 7, 1900 – September 25, 1968) was a Japanese potter. He was named a Living National Treasure in 1961.
Yuriko Hanabusa (英百合子, Hanabusa Yuriko; 7 March 1900 – 7 February 1970) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more…
Yuriko Hanabusa (英百合子, Hanabusa Yuriko; 7 March 1900 – 7 February 1970) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1970.
Arika Kimura (木村 有香, Kimura Arika; 1 March 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Japanese botanist and specialist in the…
Arika Kimura (木村 有香, Kimura Arika; 1 March 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Japanese botanist and specialist in the Salicaceae, or willow family. He was a professor of botany at the University of Tokyo and at Tohoku University. Kimura was also the first director of the Botanical Garden of Tohoku University. A species of spider, Heptathela kimurai, was named in his honour.
Denmei Suzuki (鈴木 傳明, Suzuki Denmei; 1 March 1900 – 13 May 1985) was a Japanese film actor most famous for starring…
Denmei Suzuki (鈴木 傳明, Suzuki Denmei; 1 March 1900 – 13 May 1985) was a Japanese film actor most famous for starring roles in gendaigeki of the silent era.
En Sugawara (Japanese: 菅原エン; 27 February 1900 – 16 February 1994) was a Japanese suffragist and politician. She was one…
En Sugawara (Japanese: 菅原エン; 27 February 1900 – 16 February 1994) was a Japanese suffragist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.
🎓 Toita Women's College🏫 Morioka Daini High School📅 Born February 27🎂 Born 1900📍 From Ichinoseki, Iwate💼 Politician・Legislator
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Keiji Nishitani (西谷 啓治, Nishitani Keiji; February 27, 1900 – November 24, 1990) was a Japanese philosopher. He was a…
Keiji Nishitani (西谷 啓治, Nishitani Keiji; February 27, 1900 – November 24, 1990) was a Japanese philosopher. He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In 1924, Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation "Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und Bergson". He studied under Martin Heidegger in Freiburg from 1937 to 1939.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Waseda High School📅 Born February 27🎂 Born 1900📍 From Noto, Ishikawa💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Sanshi Imai (今井 三子, Imai Sanshi; 1900–1976) was a Japanese mycologist of Hokkaido Imperial University.
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Masakazu Nakai (中井 正一, Nakai Masakazu, alternative romanization Nakai Shōichi) (14 February 1900 – 18 May 1952) was a…
Masakazu Nakai (中井 正一, Nakai Masakazu, alternative romanization Nakai Shōichi) (14 February 1900 – 18 May 1952) was a Japanese aesthetician, film theorist, librarian, and social activist.
Jōsei Toda (戸田 城聖, Toda Jōsei; 11 February 1900 – 2 April 1958) was a teacher, peace activist and second president of…
Jōsei Toda (戸田 城聖, Toda Jōsei; 11 February 1900 – 2 April 1958) was a teacher, peace activist and second president of Soka Gakkai from 1951 to 1958. Imprisoned for two years during World War II under violating the Peace Preservation Law and the charge of lèse-majesté from against the war, he emerged from prison intent on rebuilding the Soka Gakkai. He has been described as the architect of the Soka Gakkai, the person chiefly responsible for its existence today. Toda was the disciple of Tsunesaburō Makiguchi and mentor of Daisaku Ikeda, respectively the first and third presidents of the Soka Gakkai. He used the term "human revolution" to embrace Makiguchi's thoughts on the pursuits of education and happiness in life as "inextricably connected in a lifelong journey toward continual self-development." Toda's leadership in building the Soka Gakkai is the theme of Ikeda's 12-volume roman à clef, "The Human Revolution" ("Ningen kakumei")
🎓 Chuo University📅 Born February 11🎂 Born 1900💼 Religious Figure💼 Educator💼 Company President・Entrepreneur💼 Mathematician
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Kohinata Hakurō (Japanese: 小日向白朗, Hiragana: こひなた はくろう; January 31, 1900 - January 5, 1982), born Kohinata Takematsu…
Kohinata Hakurō (Japanese: 小日向白朗, Hiragana: こひなた はくろう; January 31, 1900 - January 5, 1982), born Kohinata Takematsu (Chinese pseudonyms include Xiang Lang, Shang Xudong, and Shao Rixiang), courtesy name Senzan Koji, was a notorious Japanese mounted bandit in China. He was commonly called "The Little White Dragon" by Chinese locals of the areas he was active in.
Koshiro Ueki (植木 庚子郎, Ueki Kōshirō; 28 January 1900 – 11 March 1980) was a Japanese politician. He served as justice…
Koshiro Ueki (植木 庚子郎, Ueki Kōshirō; 28 January 1900 – 11 March 1980) was a Japanese politician. He served as justice minister for two terms and as finance minister.
Tamotsu Oishi (大石 保, Ōishi Tamotsu; 28 January 1900 – 13 February 1946) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese…
Tamotsu Oishi (大石 保, Ōishi Tamotsu; 28 January 1900 – 13 February 1946) was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Naval Academy🏫 Kochi Ozu High School📅 Born January 28🎂 Born 1900📍 From Kochi Prefecture💼 Military Officer
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Kaitarō Hasegawa (長谷川海太郎, Hasegawa Kaitarō; 17 January 1900 – 29 June 1935) was a Japanese novelist and translator…
Kaitarō Hasegawa (長谷川海太郎, Hasegawa Kaitarō; 17 January 1900 – 29 June 1935) was a Japanese novelist and translator during the early Shōwa period. Hasegawa wrote works in various genres under numerous pen names, each with a unique personality, and caused a sensation with the sheer brilliance of his fiction, non-fiction and translations.
Kiku Amino (網野 菊, Amino Kiku; January 16, 1900 - May 15, 1978) was a Japanese writer and translator of English and…
Kiku Amino (網野 菊, Amino Kiku; January 16, 1900 - May 15, 1978) was a Japanese writer and translator of English and Russian literature. She was a recipient of the Women's Literature Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and Japan Academy of the Arts prize.
Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō; 15 [or 25] January 1900 – 7 October 1986) was a Japanese writer of short…
Yōjirō Ishizaka (石坂 洋次郎, Ishizaka Yōjirō; 15 [or 25] January 1900 – 7 October 1986) was a Japanese writer of short stories and novels.
Yasuji Kiyose (清瀬 保二 Kiyose Yasuji, 13 January 1900 – 14 September 1981) was a Japanese composer. He studied…
Yasuji Kiyose (清瀬 保二 Kiyose Yasuji, 13 January 1900 – 14 September 1981) was a Japanese composer. He studied composition privately with Kōsaku Yamada and Kōsuke Komatsu and in 1930, took an active part in organizing the Shinkō Sakkyokuka Renmei, (which later grew into the Japanese section of the ISCM). In 1948, Kiyose took on Hiroyoshi Suzuki and Tōru Takemitsu for a brief period as pupils in composition. His music at times incorporates Japanese pentatonic scales, and other elements of Japanese folk-song; his far better known pupil Takemitsu, developed this tendency further in a great number of his works.
Shimizugawa Motokichi (清水川 元吉, Shimizugawa Motokichi; 13 January 1900 – 5 July 1967) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from…
Shimizugawa Motokichi (清水川 元吉, Shimizugawa Motokichi; 13 January 1900 – 5 July 1967) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki.
Manshichi Sakamoto (坂本 万七, Sakamoto Manshichi; 1900–1974) was a renowned Japanese photographer. He was known for taking…
Manshichi Sakamoto (坂本 万七, Sakamoto Manshichi; 1900–1974) was a renowned Japanese photographer. He was known for taking ethnographic photographs.
Matsuki Miyazaki (宮崎 松記, Miyazaki Matsuki; January 10, 1900 – June 14, 1972) was a Japanese medical doctor, the…
Matsuki Miyazaki (宮崎 松記, Miyazaki Matsuki; January 10, 1900 – June 14, 1972) was a Japanese medical doctor, the director of the Kyushu Sanatorium (Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium) (1934–1958) in Kumamoto, Japan. He studied war and leprosy and found that stress was a great factor in the development of leprosy. He later established a leprosy center belonging to Japan Leprosy Mission of Asia, in India. He died in the Japan Airlines Flight 471 airplane accident in 1972.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Yatsushiro High School📅 Born January 10🎂 Born 1900📍 From 八代市日奈久町, Kumamoto Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Mansaku Itami (伊丹万作; real name Yoshitoyo Ikeuchi 池内義豊; 2 January 1900 – 21 September 1946) was a Japanese film director…
Mansaku Itami (伊丹万作; real name Yoshitoyo Ikeuchi 池内義豊; 2 January 1900 – 21 September 1946) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his critical, sometimes satirical portraits of Japan and its history. He is the father of the director Juzo Itami.
Kitamura Sayo (北村 サヨ; January 1, 1900 – December 28, 1967) was the Japanese founder of the "dancing religion", Tenshō…
Kitamura Sayo (北村 サヨ; January 1, 1900 – December 28, 1967) was the Japanese founder of the "dancing religion", Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō (天照皇大神宮教). In the religion, she is known by her followers as Ogamisama (大神様, Ōgamisama). She was known for her pacifism and anti-militarism during the wake of Japan's World War II surrender.
Gordon Goichi Nakayama (Goichi Nakayama, 中山吾一, 16 November 1900 – 8 October 1995) was a Japanese Canadian Anglican…
Gordon Goichi Nakayama (Goichi Nakayama, 中山吾一, 16 November 1900 – 8 October 1995) was a Japanese Canadian Anglican priest, author and pedophile. He was active in his ministry in Western Canada and the Pacific Rim (notably Okinawa, Southern Japan) for 62 years from 1932 to 1994. Goichi Nakayama has been the subject of controversy surrounding the Anglican Church and their handling of child abuse claims. In 2015 the Anglican Church of Canada revealed that it had received a written confession from Nakayama of his abuse in 1994, and apologizing for withholding the information from the public and the police for over 20 years.
Bokuyō Katayama (Japanese: 片山牧羊, Hepburn: Katayama Bokuyō; born 1900, died 26 August 1937) was a Japanese painter of…
Bokuyō Katayama (Japanese: 片山牧羊, Hepburn: Katayama Bokuyō; born 1900, died 26 August 1937) was a Japanese painter of the nihonga style active in the Shōwa era. Bokuyō claimed Yugen as the keyword of his art, and used traditional materials such as silk, ink and mineral pigments to draw traditional subjects of Japanese art with influence of Western painting.
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