Shomu Nobori (昇 曙夢, Nobori Shomu; 17 July 1878 – 22 November 1958) was the pen-name of a noted translator and educator…
Shomu Nobori (昇 曙夢, Nobori Shomu; 17 July 1878 – 22 November 1958) was the pen-name of a noted translator and educator of Russian literature in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Naotaka Nobori (昇 直隆, Nobori Naotaka). He also served as a special advisor to the Japanese cabinet on Russian and Soviet issues.
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Utsubo Kubota (窪田 空穂 Kubota Utsubo; 1877–1967) was a Japanese tanka poet. He also wrote poetry in other forms, as well…
Utsubo Kubota (窪田 空穂 Kubota Utsubo; 1877–1967) was a Japanese tanka poet. He also wrote poetry in other forms, as well as prose fiction and non-fiction critical and scholarly works on Japanese classical literature. He was a lecturer at Waseda University.
Mizuho Ōta (太田 水穂, Ōta Mizuho; 9 December 1876 – 1 January 1955) was the pen-name of Teiichi Ōta (太田 貞一, Ōta Teiichi)…
Mizuho Ōta (太田 水穂, Ōta Mizuho; 9 December 1876 – 1 January 1955) was the pen-name of Teiichi Ōta (太田 貞一, Ōta Teiichi), a Japanese poet and scholar of Japanese literature, active in Shōwa period Japan. He also occasionally used another pen name, Mizuhonoya.
Saishū Onoe (尾上 柴舟, Onoe Saishū) (20 August 1876 – 1, January, 1957) was the pen name of Hachirō Onoe (尾上 八郎, Onoe…
Saishū Onoe (尾上 柴舟, Onoe Saishū) (20 August 1876 – 1, January, 1957) was the pen name of Hachirō Onoe (尾上 八郎, Onoe Hachirō), a Japanese tanka poet, educator, and calligrapher.
Yamada Yoshio (山田 孝雄; August 20, 1873 – November 20, 1958) was a Japanese linguist. He founded the influential "Yamada…
Yamada Yoshio (山田 孝雄; August 20, 1873 – November 20, 1958) was a Japanese linguist. He founded the influential "Yamada grammar" (Also known as "Yamada's grammar", and was the first to use the word "chinjutsu" as a linguistic term.
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.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Nippon Gakuen High School📅 Born October 30🎂 Born 1874📍 From Tokyo💼 Literary Scholar💼 Poet💼 Translator
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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.
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".
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.
Nobutsuna Sasaki (佐佐木／佐々木 信綱, Sasaki Nobutsuna; Japanese pronunciation: [sa.sa.kʲi (|) no.bɯꜜ.tsɯ.na], 8 July 1872 – 2…
Nobutsuna Sasaki (佐佐木／佐々木 信綱, Sasaki Nobutsuna; Japanese pronunciation: [sa.sa.kʲi (|) no.bɯꜜ.tsɯ.na], 8 July 1872 – 2 December 1963) was a tanka poet and scholar of the Nara and Heian periods of Japanese literature. He was active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
Harutaro Murakami (村上 春太郎, Murakami Harutarō) (1872–1947) was a Japanese physicist and astronomer. He is the father of…
Harutaro Murakami (村上 春太郎, Murakami Harutarō) (1872–1947) was a Japanese physicist and astronomer. He is the father of the astronomer Tadayoshi Murakami (1907–1985). The crater Murakami on the Moon is named after him.
🏫 Seventh Higher School📅 Born January 2🎂 Born 1872📍 From Imabari, Ehime💼 Literary Scholar💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Hisashi Kimura (木村 栄, Kimura Hisashi; October 4, 1870 – September 26, 1943) was a Japanese astronomer originally from…
Hisashi Kimura (木村 栄, Kimura Hisashi; October 4, 1870 – September 26, 1943) was a Japanese astronomer originally from Kanazawa, Ishikawa. He devoted his career to the study and measurement of variation in latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler, who discovered the Chandler wobble. In 1899, he became the first director of the International Latitude Observatory at Mizusawa, Japan. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1936. He was one of the first people to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937. The crater Kimura on the Moon is named after him, the same for the asteroid 6233 Kimura.
🎓 University of Tokyo📅 Born October 4🎂 Born 1870💼 Literary Scholar💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Sazanami Iwaya (巖谷 小波, Iwaya Sazanami; 4 July 1870 - 5 September 1933) was a Japanese writer, children's author, oral…
Sazanami Iwaya (巖谷 小波, Iwaya Sazanami; 4 July 1870 - 5 September 1933) was a Japanese writer, children's author, oral storyteller, German literature scholar, journalist and haiku poet from the Meiji and Taishō eras. His birthname was Sueo Iwaya (巖谷季雄, Iwaya Sueo). Pseudonyms include Sazanami Sanjin (漣山人), Rakutenkyo (楽天居) and Ōe Sazanami (大江小波). He is regarded as a pioneer of Japanese children's literature who ushered the history of modern children's literature by publishing Japan's first original children's story, “Koganemaru” (Hakubunkan, 1891).
🏫 Dokkyo High School📅 Born July 4🎂 Born 1870📍 From Tokyo💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Literary Scholar💼 Haiku Poet・Waka Poet💼 Journalist
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Shin Hirayama (平山 信, Hirayama Shin; October 6, 1867 – June 2, 1945), also read as Makoto Hirayama, was the first…
Shin Hirayama (平山 信, Hirayama Shin; October 6, 1867 – June 2, 1945), also read as Makoto Hirayama, was the first Japanese astronomer to discover an asteroid. In 1900, he discovered 498 Tokio and 727 Nipponia. The crater Hirayama on the Moon is jointly named after him and Kiyotsugu Hirayama.
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Natsume Sōseki (; Japanese: 夏目 漱石; born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助); 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916) was a Japanese…
Natsume Sōseki (; Japanese: 夏目 漱石; born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助); 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916) was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fiction explored themes of individualism, loneliness, and the conflict between traditional Japanese values and the rapid Westernization of the Meiji era. His major works include I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirō (1908), Kokoro (1914), and his unfinished final novel Light and Dark (1916). Born on the cusp of the Meiji Restoration, Sōseki had a turbulent childhood, having been given up for adoption twice. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University and became a scholar of English literature. In 1900, he was sent by the Japanese government to study in London, where he spent two miserable years marked by poverty, racial alienation, and a severe nervous breakdown. Upon his return to Japan, he succeeded Lafcadio Hearn as a lecturer in English literature at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1905, he achieved fame with the publication of the satirical novel I Am a Cat. This success prompted him to begin a prolific writing career, and in 1907, he resigned from his university post to become a full-time author for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, a move that marked the birth of the professional artist in modern Japan. For the rest of his life, Sōseki published a novel a year while also writing poetry and literary criticism. His work is characterized by its psychological depth, its blend of humor and pessimism, and its exploration of the human ego. Throughout his adult life, he suffered from severe stomach ulcers and recurring bouts of mental illness, including paranoid delusions, which deeply affected his work and personal life. Sōseki died from complications of his stomach condition in 1916 at the age of 49, leaving his final novel, Light and Dark, unfinished. His influence on Japanese literature is profound, and he remains one of the country's most beloved and widely read authors. His portrait appeared on the 1,000-yen banknote from 1984 to 2004.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Hibiya High School📅 Born February 9🎂 Born 1867📍 From Shinjuku, Tokyo💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Critic💼 Literary Scholar
Paul Yachita Tsuchihashi (土橋 八千太, Tsuchihashi Yachita; 4 December 1866 – 3 March 1965) was a Japanese Roman Catholic…
Paul Yachita Tsuchihashi (土橋 八千太, Tsuchihashi Yachita; 4 December 1866 – 3 March 1965) was a Japanese Roman Catholic priest, mathematician, astronomer, Sinologist, lexicographer, academic and administrator. Father Paul is known for having developed extensive tables for converting traditional Japanese era dates into Gregorian calendar equivalents — compare, e.g., Calendrical Time Conversion Table which is derived from a formula for determining the numbered date in the Japanese month.
Ochiai Naobumi (落合 直文; 16 December 1861 – 16 December 1903) was a Japanese tanka poet and scholar of Japanese…
Ochiai Naobumi (落合 直文; 16 December 1861 – 16 December 1903) was a Japanese tanka poet and scholar of Japanese literature of the Meiji Era. He was born as Ayukai Morimitsu and was the biological elder brother of the Korean scholar Ayukai Fusanoshin.
Uchimura Kanzō (内村 鑑三; 26 March 1861 – 28 March 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of…
Uchimura Kanzō (内村 鑑三; 26 March 1861 – 28 March 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity during the Meiji and Taishō periods in Japan. He is often considered to be the most well-known Japanese pre–World War II pacifist.
🏫 Momoyama Gakuin High School📅 Born March 23🎂 Born 1861📍 From Osaka Prefecture💼 Christianity💼 Literary Scholar💼 Activist💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Hisashi Terao (寺尾 寿, Terao Hisashi) (1855-1923) was a Japanese astronomer and mathematician. He graduated from the…
Hisashi Terao (寺尾 寿, Terao Hisashi) (1855-1923) was a Japanese astronomer and mathematician. He graduated from the Tokyo imperial University as well as from the University of Paris, and he was one of the founding members and the first principal of The Tokyo Academy of Physics (now Tokyo University of Science). Notable students that studied under him include Shin Hirayama, Hisashi Kimura, and Kiyotsugu Hirayama. He is also called one of the first astronomers of the Meiji era.
Kitamura Sae (Japanese: 北村 紗衣; born 12 April 1983) is a Japanese scholar specialising in British literature and a…
Kitamura Sae (Japanese: 北村 紗衣; born 12 April 1983) is a Japanese scholar specialising in British literature and a literary critic. A graduate of the University of Tokyo and King's College London, her primary areas of research are William Shakespeare, the history of performing arts, and feminist literature. She is also an active Wikipedian, encouraging students to translate articles from English Wikipedia to Japanese Wikipedia in her classes. Kitamura has been a professor at Musashi University since 2023. She was formerly a lecturer and associate professor at Musashi University from 2014 to 2023, and a director of the Association for Studies of Culture and Representation in 2019. Some of her works include Women Who Enjoyed Shakespeare's Plays, Sugar, Spice, and Something Explosive, and The Classroom of Critique. She also writes essays about synesthesia.
Hasuda Zenmei (蓮田 善明; 1904–1945) was a Japanese nationalist, Shinto fundamentalist, and scholar of kokugaku as well as…
Hasuda Zenmei (蓮田 善明; 1904–1945) was a Japanese nationalist, Shinto fundamentalist, and scholar of kokugaku as well as classical Japanese literature. He was also a historian, author, and military officer.
Kyōko Nakano (Japanese: 中野京子) is a Japanese scholar of German literature, Western cultural historian, and translator.…
Kyōko Nakano (Japanese: 中野京子) is a Japanese scholar of German literature, Western cultural historian, and translator. Nakano grew up in Hokkaido, Japan, and completed her master's degree at Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo. In 2007, she published Scary Pictures, that would be the first of a series of art books on the theme of fear in painting (kowai-e). Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5 were published in 2008, 2009, 2016 and 2017, respectively, and the best-selling series led to an exhibition in 2017 and a stage adaptation in 2022.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Tomakomai Higashi High School📍 From Hokkaido💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Literary Scholar💼 Translator
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Yūko Kakazu (嘉数悠子 Kakazu Yūko) is a Japanese astronomer. Her specialty is galaxy formation and evolution. She is the…
Yūko Kakazu (嘉数悠子 Kakazu Yūko) is a Japanese astronomer. Her specialty is galaxy formation and evolution. She is the Public Outreach Specialist for the Subaru Telescope at the NAOJ Hawaii Observatory.
Toshitaka Kajino (梶野 敏貴) is a Japanese astronomer from Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His specialty is…
Toshitaka Kajino (梶野 敏貴) is a Japanese astronomer from Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His specialty is theoretical astronomy, especially nuclear astrophysics and cosmology. Organizer of Cosmology and Nuclear Astrophysics (COSNAP) group in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Doctor of Science (Physics). He was a student of Akito Arima who was a President of the University of Tokyo and a Minister of Education. Many cosmologists have been produced from Toshitaka Kajino's laboratory.
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