Shigeru Izumi (Japanese: 泉 茂, Hepburn: Izumi Shigeru) (1922–1995) was a Japanese painter and printmaker.
January 13: 58 people
Shigeru Izumi (Japanese: 泉 茂, Hepburn: Izumi Shigeru) (1922–1995) was a Japanese painter and printmaker.
Fumiteru Nakano (中野文照, Nakanō Fumiteru; Japanese pronunciation: [nakano ɸɯmiteɾɯ]; 13 January 1915 – 30 December 1989)…
Fumiteru Nakano (中野文照, Nakanō Fumiteru; Japanese pronunciation: [nakano ɸɯmiteɾɯ]; 13 January 1915 – 30 December 1989) was a male tennis player from Japan who was active from the 1930s until the 1950s.
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.
Kakichi Kawarada (河原田 稼吉, Kawarada Kakichi; 13 January 1886 – 22 January 1955) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in…
Kakichi Kawarada (河原田 稼吉, Kawarada Kakichi; 13 January 1886 – 22 January 1955) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan.
Takashi Suzuki (鈴木 隆, Suzuki Takashi; 1882 - 1978) was a Japanese speculator-turned politician.
Ōdate Uzaemon (Japanese: 大達羽 左エ門; born Benji Suwa (諏訪 辯治, Suwa Benji), December 15, 1853 – August 17, 1904) was a…
Ōdate Uzaemon (Japanese: 大達羽 左エ門; born Benji Suwa (諏訪 辯治, Suwa Benji), December 15, 1853 – August 17, 1904) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Tagawa, Dewa Province (now Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture), Japan. His highest rank was ōzeki. He is the fifth ōzeki from Yamagata Prefecture and the last promoted at this rank until the promotion of Kashiwado in September 1960, 72 years later. Nicknamed Boujakufujin (傍若無人), meaning 'insolent', he was known both for his bad manners and outrages towards his masters, and for his wrestling skills, boosting sumo's popularity at a match given in honor of Emperor Meiji.