Hōgetsu Shimamura
Hōgetsu Shimamura (, February 28, 1871 - November 5, 1918) was a Japanese critic, novelist and leader of Shingeki. His real name is Takitaro (滝太郎). He was born in Shimane Prefecture. He graduated from Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō. In 1902 he studied abroad in the United Kingdom and Germany. In 1906, he founded the Bungei Kyōkai ( 文芸協会) with Tsubouchi Shoyo. He presided over ''Waseda Bungaku , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...'' ( 早稲田文学) and was active in the naturalistic literary movement. In 1913, he established the Geijutsu-za theatre troupe with Sumako Matsui. His main works are ''Shinbijigaku'' (新美辞学), ''Kindai Bungei no Kenkyu'' (近代文芸之研究) and so on. References External links 島村抱月- Kotobank 1871 birth ...
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