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Kurimoto (written: 栗本) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, pen name of Sumiyo Imaoka, Japanese writer *, Japanese naturalist, zoologist and entomologist *, Japanese writer and politician See also * Kurimoto, Chiba, a former town in Katori District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Kaoru Kurimoto
was the pen name of , a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism and music. She was known for her record-breaking 130-volume ''Guin Saga'' series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian. Her style has been described as being part of the New Wave science fiction movement. Outside of her literary endeavors, she was a playwright, composer, and pianist who performed with her own jazz ensemble, the Azusa Nakajima Trio. Biography Kurimoto was born in Tokyo and studied literature at Waseda University, graduating in 1975. Still in her twenties, she won the ''Gunzo'' Prize for New Writers (Criticism), as Azusa Nakajima, in 1977, and the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1978 for "Our Era". This spectacular introduction to the literary world drew a lot of attention, especially as she was the youngest ever winner of the Edogawa Rampo Prize. Her use of two pen names was also discussed, and shortly after she won the Rampo prize, ''Heibon ...
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Kurimoto Masayoshi
was a Japanese naturalist, zoologist and entomologist. He was physician to the 11th Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Ienari Kurimoto Masayoshi lectured on Materia Medica. In 1811 he wrote ''Kurimoto’s Iconographia Insectorum'' which records 500 Japanese insects. In 1826 he met Philipp Franz von Siebold and they worked together. Kurimoto Masayoshi gave him drawings of Crustacea. One of these Squilla maculata a Mantis shrimp was used by Wilhem de Haan Wilhem de Haan (7 February 1801 in Amsterdam – 15 April 1855 in Leiden) was a Dutch zoologist. He specialised in the study of insects and crustaceans, and was the first keeper of invertebrates at the Rijksmuseum in Leiden, now Naturalis. He was ... in Siebold's '' Fauna Japonica''. References *Ueno Masuzo (year?) Japanese entomology in the first half of the nineteenth century ''Japanese journal of entomology'' *Vol.27, No.1(19590315) pp. 4–9 The Entomological Society of Japan * Kaikarui Shashin (pictures of crustaceans ...
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Shinichiro Kurimoto
is a Japanese author and a politician. He is also an economic anthropologist and a philosopher who introduced the ideas of Karl Polanyi and his younger brother Michael Polanyi to Japan. He was a professor at universities such as Meiji University and Northwestern University. During the 1980s his works were categorized in Japan as "new academism", which included works by Akira Asada, Kojin Karatani and Shigehiko Hasumi. He frequently acted as a judge in the television show ''Iron Chef'', appearing more often than any other judge. Works Academic books *Economic anthropology 経済人類学 *Economy as illusions 幻想としての経済 *Apes in pants パンツをはいたサル *The iron maiden 鉄の処女 *Meaning and Living 意味と生命 *Budapest story ブダペスト物語 Literary books *Against girls 反少女(short stories) *Against literary theories 反文学論(criticism) *The blood of Tokyo cries doooooooon 東京の血はどおーんと騒ぐ (an essay l ...
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Kurimoto, Chiba
was a town located in Katori District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Kurimoto Village was established on April 1, 1889. It was raised to town status on April 10, 1924. On March 27, 2006, Kurimoto, along with the city of Sawara, and the towns of Omigawa and Yamada (both from Katori District), was merged to create the city of Katori, and thus no longer exists as an independent municipality. In November 2005 (the last data available before its merger into Katori), the town had an estimated population of 5,179 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ... of 178 persons per km2. Its total area was 29.05 km2. References External linksKatori official site Dissolved municipalities of Chiba Prefecture 1889 establishments in Japan Populated ...
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