Yoshio Mikami (三上 義夫, Mikami Yoshio; February 16, 1875 – December 31, 1950) was a Japanese mathematician and historian…
Yoshio Mikami (三上 義夫, Mikami Yoshio; February 16, 1875 – December 31, 1950) was a Japanese mathematician and historian of Japanese mathematics. He was born February 16, 1875, in Kotachi, Hiroshima prefecture. He attended the High School of Tohoku University, and in 1911 was admitted to the Imperial University of Tokyo. He studied history of Japanese and Chinese mathematics. In 1913, he published "The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan" in Leipzig. This book consisted of two parts with 47 chapters. Part one has 21 chapters that describe in depth several important Chinese mathematicians and mathematical classics including Liu Hui, Shen Kuo, Qin Jiushao, Sun Tzu, The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, Mathematical Treatise in Nine Sections, Li Ye, Zhu Shijie and study on π. Part II deals with important wasan mathematicians and their works, including Kambei Mori, Yoshida Koyu, Kowa Seki, Imamura Chisho, Takahara Kisshu, Kurushima, Ajima Chokuyen, Aida Ammei, Shiraishi Chochu, Skabe Kohan, and Hagiwara Teisuke. He died on December 31, 1950, in Hiroshima.
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Kunisaburo Iizuka (飯塚 国三郎, Iizuka Kunisaburō; July 13, 1875 – July 25, 1958) was a Japanese judoka and the fifth person…
Kunisaburo Iizuka (飯塚 国三郎, Iizuka Kunisaburō; July 13, 1875 – July 25, 1958) was a Japanese judoka and the fifth person to be promoted to 10th dan in Kodokan judo. Iizuka started judo training at Keio Gijuku in 1889, but broke off his training the following year to attend naval academy in Tokyo. Although the academy had no judo club, Iizuka saw a man carrying a judogi one day, and followed him to the Kodokan; he enrolled as a student there in November, 1891. In 1906, Iizuka returned to Keio to take a job as judo coach to Keio University, where he taught Kaname Kuniyuki, Chuji Sakata and Yoshio Sugino, among others. He was one of the first of Jigoro Kano's students to be awarded a judan (10th-dan) ranking, in 1946. As well as teaching judo, Iizuka was also an ordained negi (Shinto priest) at Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan Senior High School, and was master of the Imperial Fisheries Institute.
Hideko Inoue (also Hideko Inouye, Japanese: 井上秀 6 January 1875 – 19 July 1963) was a Japanese educator and peace…
Hideko Inoue (also Hideko Inouye, Japanese: 井上秀 6 January 1875 – 19 July 1963) was a Japanese educator and peace activist. She taught home economics at Japan Women's University and served as the first woman president of the school from 1931–1946. Active in the peace movement she led the Japanese affiliate of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was one of the leading feminists supporting internationalism in the interwar era. In the 1930s she changed her focus to Pan-Asian cooperation and at the end of the decade was appointed to the Ministry of Greater East Asia to work on educational reforms. In the 1940s, she was decorated by the Emperor of Japan but lost her presidency at Japan Women's University in 1946 when she was purged by the U. S. Occupation Administration. She remained involved in education until the mid-1950s.
Jujiro Wada (Japanese: 和田重次郎) (ca. 1872-5 March 1937) was a Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur who achieved fame for…
Jujiro Wada (Japanese: 和田重次郎) (ca. 1872-5 March 1937) was a Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur who achieved fame for his exploits in turn-of-the-20th-century Alaska and Yukon Territory.
Shen Junru (Chinese: 沈钧儒; pinyin: Shěn Jūnrú; Wade–Giles: Shen Chünju; January 2, 1875 – June 11, 1963) was a Chinese…
Shen Junru (Chinese: 沈钧儒; pinyin: Shěn Jūnrú; Wade–Giles: Shen Chünju; January 2, 1875 – June 11, 1963) was a Chinese lawyer and politician who was the president of the Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. He was also the chairman of the China Democratic League.
Inokichi Kubo (久保 猪之吉, Kubo Inokichi; 26 December 1874 – 12 November 1939) was a Japanese pioneer of…
Inokichi Kubo (久保 猪之吉, Kubo Inokichi; 26 December 1874 – 12 November 1939) was a Japanese pioneer of otorhinolaryngology and professor at Fukuoka Medical School (now part of Kyushu University). He graduated from The Medical School of Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝国大学医科大学, Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku Ika Daigaku) in 1900, and went on an overseas study program to Gustav Killian at University of Freiburg in 1903. Four years later he returned to Japan, where he took up the post of professor at Fukuoka Medical School. His wife, Yorie (より江), was a haiku poet from Matsuyama. As Kubo was also a well-known poet, their home in Fukuoka soon became the social center for poets in Northern Kyushu while attracting poets and novelists from afar. One of his patients was the poet Takashi Nagatsuka. Kubo was one of the pioneers of otorhinolaryngology in Japan, and was selected as a representative of his country for the first International Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology at Copenhagen (1913). In 1934 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. Kubo was famous for his Haiku (俳句)- and Waka (和歌)-poetry, started as a pupil of Kyoshi Takahama. As a poet he found a mentor in Naobumi Ochiai, with Saishu Onoe formed Ikazuchi kai, and created friendship with Byakuren Yanagihara. In February 1913, Kubo began publishing a magazine "Enigma" (『エニグマ』) for his circle of poets and haiku. It was in its May issue that Byakuren Yanagihara contributed her work "Hitou" (『緋桃』) (Himomo, peach flowers in bright pink), and in the same issue, Kubo and his wife also published their workes as well; Inokichi "Aruto Haideruberuku ni tsuite" (『「アルトハイデルベルク」に就いて』) (Thinking about 'Alt-Heidelberg') and Yorie "Tsukushi kudari" (『筑紫下り』) (Sailing down Tsukushi river). There is a small museum at Kyushu University honouring his achievements.
Wada Eisaku (和田英作; December 23, 1874 – January 3, 1959) was a Japanese painter and luminary of the yōga (or…
Wada Eisaku (和田英作; December 23, 1874 – January 3, 1959) was a Japanese painter and luminary of the yōga (or Western-style) scene in the late Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy, an Imperial Household Artist, a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure and Order of Culture, an Officier in the Légion d'honneur, and a Person of Cultural Merit.
Kamitsukasa Shōken (上司 小剣) (1874–1947) was a Japanese novelist and literary critic. Although having initially only…
Kamitsukasa Shōken (上司 小剣) (1874–1947) was a Japanese novelist and literary critic. Although having initially only primary school education he became a teacher, then joined the editorial staff of Yomiuri Shimbun in 1897, and worked his way up to become chief editor of its literary department until retirement in 1916. He was elected to the Japan Art Academy in 1937. Having begun with stories of local life in Osaka he later took up socialist themes. His representative short novella of Osaka life is Hamo no Kawa (鱧の皮). This 1914 work, named after a local delicacy still eaten in the Kansai District today, tells of a wife preparing to send the pickled skin of the daggertooth pike conger to her estranged husband in Tokyo as she runs the busy family restaurant.
Viscount Toshisada Maeda (前田 利定, Maeda Toshisada; 10 December 1874 – 2 October 1944) was a Japanese politician who was…
Viscount Toshisada Maeda (前田 利定, Maeda Toshisada; 10 December 1874 – 2 October 1944) was a Japanese politician who was Minister of Communications and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
Kumataro Honda (Japanese: 本多 熊太郎) (1874–1948) was a Japanese diplomat. He served as the Japanese ambassador to Germany…
Kumataro Honda (Japanese: 本多 熊太郎) (1874–1948) was a Japanese diplomat. He served as the Japanese ambassador to Germany, with inaugural date of February 6, 1924. He later replaced Nobuyuki Abe, serving as the Japanese ambassador in Nanjing from 1940 to 1941 for the Wang Jingwei regime within the Republic of China. He resigned in December 1941 because of health issues and was succeeded by Mamoru Shigemitsu.
Tokuzō Fukuda (福田 徳三 Fukuda Tokuzō; February 12, 1874 – May 8, 1930) was a pioneer of modern Japanese economics. Fukuda…
Tokuzō Fukuda (福田 徳三 Fukuda Tokuzō; February 12, 1874 – May 8, 1930) was a pioneer of modern Japanese economics. Fukuda introduced economic theory and economic history for the Social Policy School and the Younger Historical school of economics. He graduated from the Tokyo Higher School of Commerce (today's Hitotsubashi University). After he was appointed lecturer of his alma mater, he studied in Germany, under Karl Bücher among others in the field, and he earned his doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. His thesis dealt with the social and economic development in Japan (original title: Die gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Japan) and was supervised by Lujo Brentano. After returning to Japan, he became professor of his alma mater and later at Keiō University. During the years known as the period of "Taishō Democracy", he joined with others to establish Reimeikai, which was a society "to propagate ideas of democracy among the people." This group was formed in order to sponsor public lectures. After World War I, he defended democracy, advanced a critique of Marxian theory, and emphasized the solution of social and labour problems by government intervention rather than revolution. He is also considered a pioneer of the contemporary welfare state. As an advisor to the Ministry of Home Affairs, he also worked out policy drafts. He is closely related to the Japanese liberal movement and is considered a social-liberal or social-democrat.
Bunzō Hayata (早田 文藏, Hayata Bunzō; December 2, 1874 – January 13, 1934) was a Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic…
Bunzō Hayata (早田 文藏, Hayata Bunzō; December 2, 1874 – January 13, 1934) was a Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work in Japan and Japanese Taiwan.
Shinpei Mykawa (前川 真平, Maekawa Shinpei; December 1, 1874 in Aichi, Japan – April 24, 1906 in Erin Station, Texas) was a…
Shinpei Mykawa (前川 真平, Maekawa Shinpei; December 1, 1874 in Aichi, Japan – April 24, 1906 in Erin Station, Texas) was a Japanese rice farmer who introduced the cultivation of rice in parts of southeast Texas. The community of Mykawa and Mykawa Road in Houston are named after him.
Bin Ueda (上田 敏, Ueda Bin; October 30, 1874 – July 9, 1916) was a Japanese writer. Born in Tsukiji, Tokyo, he graduated…
Bin Ueda (上田 敏, Ueda Bin; October 30, 1874 – July 9, 1916) was a Japanese writer. Born in Tsukiji, Tokyo, he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. His major work is Kaichoon 海潮音 (The Sound of the Tide, 1905), a collection of translations from Western poets by Ueda himself.
Kiyotsugu Hirayama (平山 清次, Hirayama Kiyotsugu; October 3, 1874 – April 8, 1943) was a Japanese astronomer, best known…
Kiyotsugu Hirayama (平山 清次, Hirayama Kiyotsugu; October 3, 1874 – April 8, 1943) was a Japanese astronomer, best known for his discovery that many asteroid orbits were more similar to one another than chance would allow, leading to the concept of asteroid families, now called "Hirayama families" in his honour.
Mitsutani Kunishirō (Japanese: 満谷 国四郎; 10 November 1874 in Okayama Prefecture – 12 July 1936 in Tokyo) was a Japanese…
Mitsutani Kunishirō (Japanese: 満谷 国四郎; 10 November 1874 in Okayama Prefecture – 12 July 1936 in Tokyo) was a Japanese painter in the yōga style.
Hishida Shunsō (菱田 春草; September 21, 1874 – September 16, 1911) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter from the Meiji…
Hishida Shunsō (菱田 春草; September 21, 1874 – September 16, 1911) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter from the Meiji period. One of Okakura Tenshin's pupils along with Yokoyama Taikan and Shimomura Kanzan, he played a role in the Meiji era innovation of Nihonga. His real name was Hishida Miyoji. He was also known for his numerous paintings of cats.
Komuro Suiun (Japanese: 小室翠雲, August 31, 1874 – March 30, 1945) is the pseudonym of a Japanese nihonga painter who…
Komuro Suiun (Japanese: 小室翠雲, August 31, 1874 – March 30, 1945) is the pseudonym of a Japanese nihonga painter who worked mainly in the nanga style, active from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to the Shōwa period (1926–1989).
Shigeyasu Tokunaga (徳永重康) (1874–1940) was a Japanese zoologist, geologist, and palaeontologist. His family name by…
Shigeyasu Tokunaga (徳永重康) (1874–1940) was a Japanese zoologist, geologist, and palaeontologist. His family name by birth was Yoshiwara (吉原) and some of his papers were published under this name.
Jirō Minami (南 次郎, Minami Jirō; 10 August 1874 – 5 December 1955) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and…
Jirō Minami (南 次郎, Minami Jirō; 10 August 1874 – 5 December 1955) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Kurushima Takehiko (久留島 武彦; June 19, 1874 – June 27, 1960) was a children's literature author known as "the Japanese…
Kurushima Takehiko (久留島 武彦; June 19, 1874 – June 27, 1960) was a children's literature author known as "the Japanese Hans Christian Andersen". He was one of the three great Japanese authors of children's stories for public performance. One of Takehiko's most celebrated works is the nursery rhyme "Yūyake Koyake".
Uchiyama Gudō (内山 愚童; May 17, 1874 – January 24, 1911) was a Sōtō Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist activist…
Uchiyama Gudō (内山 愚童; May 17, 1874 – January 24, 1911) was a Sōtō Zen Buddhist priest and anarcho-socialist activist executed in the High Treason Incident. He was one of few Buddhist leaders who spoke out against the Meiji government in its imperialist projects. Gudō was an outspoken advocate for redistributive land reform, overturning the Meiji emperor system, encouraging conscripts to desert en masse and advancing democratic rights for all. He criticized Zen leaders who claimed that low social position was justified by karma and who sold abbotships to the highest bidder.
Kinjiro Nagai (Japanese: 永井金次郎; 3 May 1874 – 3 April 1927) was the director of the Karafuto Agency (17 April 1919 – 11…
Kinjiro Nagai (Japanese: 永井金次郎; 3 May 1874 – 3 April 1927) was the director of the Karafuto Agency (17 April 1919 – 11 June 1924). He was also the mayor of Otaru and Governor of Kōchi Prefecture (1913–1914).
Jōtarō Watanabe (渡辺 錠太郎, Watanabe Jōtarō; April 16, 1874 – February 26, 1936) was a general in the early Shōwa period…
Jōtarō Watanabe (渡辺 錠太郎, Watanabe Jōtarō; April 16, 1874 – February 26, 1936) was a general in the early Shōwa period Imperial Japanese Army, noted as one of the victims of the February 26 Incident.
Umetaro Suzuki (鈴木 梅太郎, Suzuki Umetarō; April 7, 1874 – September 20, 1943) was a Japanese scientist, born in what is…
Umetaro Suzuki (鈴木 梅太郎, Suzuki Umetarō; April 7, 1874 – September 20, 1943) was a Japanese scientist, born in what is now part of Makinohara, Shizuoka, Japan. He was a member of the Imperial Academy, and a recipient of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of Culture. His research was among the earliest of modern vitamin research.
Nobuyasu Satō (Japanese: 佐藤 信安, Satō Nobuyasu; 5 April 1874 – 1 August 1964) was a Japanese lawyer, prosecutor, Home…
Nobuyasu Satō (Japanese: 佐藤 信安, Satō Nobuyasu; 5 April 1874 – 1 August 1964) was a Japanese lawyer, prosecutor, Home Ministry official, and politician who served as the Mayor of Hiroshima from 1922 to 1925.
Ryukichi Inada (稲田 龍吉, Inada Ryūkichi; March 18, 1874 – February 27, 1950) was a Japanese physician, prominent…
Ryukichi Inada (稲田 龍吉, Inada Ryūkichi; March 18, 1874 – February 27, 1950) was a Japanese physician, prominent academic, and bacteriologist researcher. He discovered the Weil's disease pathogen. In addition to his life's work in early 20th-century Japanese medical education, he was a pioneer in Japanese clinical cardiology and oncology.
Wasaburo Oishi (大石 和三郎, Ōishi Wasaburō; 15 March 1874 – 18 December 1950) was a Japanese meteorologist. Born in Tosu…
Wasaburo Oishi (大石 和三郎, Ōishi Wasaburō; 15 March 1874 – 18 December 1950) was a Japanese meteorologist. Born in Tosu, Saga, he is best known for his discovery of the high-altitude air currents now known as the jet stream. He was also an important Esperantist, serving as the second board president of the Japanese Esperanto Institute from 1930 to 1945.
Sakutaro Tachi (立 作太郎, Tachi Sakutarō; 1874–1943) was a Japanese expert on international law. Studied law at Tokyo…
Sakutaro Tachi (立 作太郎, Tachi Sakutarō; 1874–1943) was a Japanese expert on international law. Studied law at Tokyo Imperial University, and graduated in 1897. In 1900–04 studied law in Europe. In 1904 became professor of law at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1919 served as member of the Commission of Responsibilities, which dealt with the issue of war crimes. In 1921–22 served as member of the Japanese delegation to the Washington naval conference. He opposed the idea to outlaw war in the Kellogg–Briand Pact, arguing the idea was unrealistic. From 1931 onward, justified Japanese policy in north-China as self-defense relating to Japanese interests. Regarding the mandates system under the League of Nations, held the view that the mandatory power had total sovereignty over the mandate territory.
Morimasa, Prince Nashimoto (梨本宮守正王, Nashimoto no miya Morimasa ō; 9 March 1874 – 2 January 1951) was a member of the…
Morimasa, Prince Nashimoto (梨本宮守正王, Nashimoto no miya Morimasa ō; 9 March 1874 – 2 January 1951) was a member of the Japanese Imperial Family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. An uncle-in-law of Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa), an uncle of his consort, Empress Kōjun, and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Euimin of Korea, Prince Nashimoto was the only member of the Imperial Family arrested for war crimes during the Allied occupation of Japan following defeat in the Second World War.
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子, Takahama Kyoshi; 22 February 1874 – 8 April 1959) was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa…
Kyoshi Takahama (高浜 虚子, Takahama Kyoshi; 22 February 1874 – 8 April 1959) was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan. His real name was Takahama Kiyoshi (高浜清); Kyoshi was a pen name given to him by his mentor, Masaoka Shiki.
Ushimaro Sawada (沢田 牛麿, Sawada Ushimaro; 6 February 1874 – 29 January 1958) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician…
Ushimaro Sawada (沢田 牛麿, Sawada Ushimaro; 6 February 1874 – 29 January 1958) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as Governor of Aomori Prefecture, Governor of Saga Prefecture, Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture, Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture, 19th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency, and later as a member of the House of Peers.
Kenkichi Yoshizawa (芳澤 謙吉, Yoshizawa Kenkichi; 24 January 1874 – 5 January 1965) was a Japanese diplomat in the Empire…
Kenkichi Yoshizawa (芳澤 謙吉, Yoshizawa Kenkichi; 24 January 1874 – 5 January 1965) was a Japanese diplomat in the Empire of Japan, serving as 46th Foreign Minister of Japan in 1932. He was the father-in-law of Sadao Iguchi, a diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United States, and maternal grandfather of Sadako Ogata, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and maternal grandfather of Yutaka Kawashima, a former Grand Chamberlain of Japan.
Hitachiyama Taniemon (常陸山 谷右衞門; January 19, 1874 – June 19, 1922) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Mito…
Hitachiyama Taniemon (常陸山 谷右衞門; January 19, 1874 – June 19, 1922) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. He was the sport's 19th yokozuna from 1903 till 1914. His great rivalry with Umegatani Tōtarō II created the "Ume-Hitachi Era" and did much to popularise sumo. He is remembered as much for his exploits in promoting the sport as for his strength on the dohyō. In his later years as head coach of Dewanoumi stable he trained hundreds of wrestlers, including three yokozuna. Many consider him the most honorable yokozuna in sumo history, which earned him the nickname "Kakusei" (角聖), or "sumo saint".
Masatake Morita (森田 正馬, Morita Masatake; 1874–1938), also read as Shōma Morita, was the founder of Morita therapy, a…
Masatake Morita (森田 正馬, Morita Masatake; 1874–1938), also read as Shōma Morita, was the founder of Morita therapy, a branch of clinical psychology strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism. In his capacity as the head of psychiatry for a large Tokyo hospital, Morita began developing his methods while working with sufferers of shinkeishitsu, or anxiety disorders with a hypochondriac base.
Namihei Odaira (小平 浪平, Odaira Namihei; January 15, 1874 – October 5, 1951) was a Japanese entrepreneur and…
Namihei Odaira (小平 浪平, Odaira Namihei; January 15, 1874 – October 5, 1951) was a Japanese entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Hitachi.
Bunji Okada (Japanese: 岡田文次; 1 January 1874 – 23 July 1943) was Director of the Karafuto Agency (1914–1916). He was…
Bunji Okada (Japanese: 岡田文次; 1 January 1874 – 23 July 1943) was Director of the Karafuto Agency (1914–1916). He was Governor of Tochigi Prefecture (1911–1914). He was a graduate of Tokyo Imperial University.
Takuji Yamashita (山下 宅治, Yamashita Takuji; 1874–1959) was a Japanese civil rights activist. In spite of social and…
Takuji Yamashita (山下 宅治, Yamashita Takuji; 1874–1959) was a Japanese civil rights activist. In spite of social and legal barriers, he directly challenged three major barriers against Asians in the United States: citizenship, joining a profession, and owning land.
Usui Kojima (小島 烏水, Kojima Usui; December 29, 1873 – December 13, 1948) was a Japanese author from Yokohama, Japan who…
Usui Kojima (小島 烏水, Kojima Usui; December 29, 1873 – December 13, 1948) was a Japanese author from Yokohama, Japan who authored over 20 books. He was also known for amassing a collection of over 900 ukiyo-e prints and establishing Japan's first mountaineering society.
Kan'ichi Asakawa (朝河 貫一, Asakawa Kan'ichi; December 20, 1873 – August 11, 1948) was a Japanese academic, author…
Kan'ichi Asakawa (朝河 貫一, Asakawa Kan'ichi; December 20, 1873 – August 11, 1948) was a Japanese academic, author, historian, curator and peace advocate. Asakawa was Japanese by birth and citizenship though he lived the majority of his life in the United States.
Kawai Gyokudō (川合 玉堂; November 24, 1873 – June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school…
Kawai Gyokudō (川合 玉堂; November 24, 1873 – June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburō.
Kyōtarō Izumi (泉 鏡太郎, Izumi Kyōtarō; 4 November 1873 – 7 September 1939), known by his pen name Izumi Kyōka (泉 鏡花…
Kyōtarō Izumi (泉 鏡太郎, Izumi Kyōtarō; 4 November 1873 – 7 September 1939), known by his pen name Izumi Kyōka (泉 鏡花; Japanese pronunciation: [iꜜ.(d)zɯ.mʲi | kʲoꜜː.ka, i.(d)zɯ.mʲi kʲoꜜː.ka],), was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period. Kyōka's writing differed greatly from that of the naturalist writers who dominated the literary scene at the time. Many of Kyōka's works are surrealist critiques of society. He is best known for a characteristic brand of Romanticism preferring tales of the supernatural heavily influenced by works of the earlier Edo period in Japanese arts and letters, which he tempered with his own personal vision of aesthetics and art in the modern age. He is also considered one of the supreme stylists in modern Japanese literature, and the difficulty and richness of his prose has been frequently noted by fellow authors and critics. Like Natsume Sōseki and other Japanese authors with pen names, Kyōka is usually known by his pen name rather than his real given name.
Tsuneko Yamada Gauntlett (ガントレット恒, October 26, 1873 – November 29, 1953), born Yamada Tsune, was a Japanese temperance…
Tsuneko Yamada Gauntlett (ガントレット恒, October 26, 1873 – November 29, 1953), born Yamada Tsune, was a Japanese temperance, suffrage, and peace activist. In 1937 she was international president of the Pan-Pacific Women's Association.
Takamiyama Torinosuke (髙見山酉之助, October 25, 1873 – January 11, 1924) was a Japanese sumo wrestler.
Hajime Seki (關 一, Seki Hajime; 26 September 1873 — 26 January 1935) was the Mayor of Osaka, Japan, between 1923 and…
Hajime Seki (關 一, Seki Hajime; 26 September 1873 — 26 January 1935) was the Mayor of Osaka, Japan, between 1923 and 1935.
Hani Motoko (Japanese: 羽仁 もと子; 1873–1957) is considered to be Japan's first female journalist. Born into a former…
Hani Motoko (Japanese: 羽仁 もと子; 1873–1957) is considered to be Japan's first female journalist. Born into a former samurai family, Hani was born Matsuoka Motoko in Aomori Prefecture and was baptized a Christian in 1890. She was educated at Tokyo First Higher Women's School and then at the Meiji Women's Christian School. After leaving school in 1892, she taught school in Hachinohe and in Morioka. Her marriage in 1895 did not work out and she moved to Tokyo, working as a maid for a female doctor. She joined Hochi Shinbun in 1897, working first as a copy editor and later becoming a reporter. In 1901, she married a co-worker, Hani Yoshikazu. Together, they founded a new magazine called Fujin no Tomo (Women's friend) in 1908. An association of readers of that magazine was established in 1930 which still existed as of 1999. In 1921, the couple founded a private school for girls, Jiyu Gakuen. She wrote an autobiography in 1928 titled Speaking of Myself.
Shinzō Shinjō (新城 新蔵, Shinjō Shinzō; 26 August 1873 – 1 August 1938) was a Japanese academic, physicist, astronomer and…
Shinzō Shinjō (新城 新蔵, Shinjō Shinzō; 26 August 1873 – 1 August 1938) was a Japanese academic, physicist, astronomer and president of Kyoto University.
Yasusato Gamō (蒲生 保郷, Gamō Yasusato; Nagasaki Prefecture August 1873 - September 11, 1928) was a Japanese educator.
Kiyoshi "Karl" Kawakami (河上 清, Kawakami Kiyoshi; 8 August 1873 – 12 October 1949) was a Japanese Christian journalist…
Kiyoshi "Karl" Kawakami (河上 清, Kawakami Kiyoshi; 8 August 1873 – 12 October 1949) was a Japanese Christian journalist who published several books in the United States and the United Kingdom. He was born in Yonezawa, educated in the law in Japan, and was for a short time engaged in newspaper work in that country. He sometimes wrote under the name of K. K. Kawakami. Although Japanese do not have middle names, he is said to have been a socialist in his youth, when he apparently adopted the middle name "Karl" (from Karl Marx). In 1901 he travelled to the United States and studied at the universities of Iowa and Wisconsin. In 1905, engaged in journalism, he traveled extensively in China, Siberia, and Russia. He was a correspondent for leading newspapers in Tokyo and a frequent contributor to American magazines and newspapers.