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Waseda University Junior And Senior High School
is a high school in Japan, located in Tokyo. It was founded in 1920 as a high school affiliated to Waseda University. Its motto is ., which is the same motto as for Waseda University. Notable alumni Politicians *Hirotaka Akamatsu *Tanzan Ishibashi *Tadahiko Ito *Akira Kazami *Yōhei Kōno *Noboru Takeshita *Kensuke Miyazaki *Yukio Aoshima Businessmen *Nobuyuki Idei *Masaru Ibuka *Yusaku Maezawa Academics *Fukui Fumimasa *Tomio Hora Writers *Tatsuzō Ishikawa *Kosuke Gomi *Hidemitsu Tanaka *Fumio Niwa *Yoshinaga Fujita *Ashihei Hino *Mitsuharu Kaneko *Yoshiki Hayama *Isamu Yoshii *Aizu Yaichi *Santōka Taneda Actors *Takeshi Katō (actor), Takeshi Kato *Masahiko Tsugawa *Hisaya Morishige Musicians *Hachidai Nakamura *Satoshi Tomiie Filmmakers *Takeshi Furusawa *Satsuo Yamamoto *Sōjirō Motoki Athletes *Kisshomaru Ueshiba *Onishi Tetsunosuke *Taizo Kawamoto *Takashi Kondo (footballer), Takashi Kondo *Jiro Sato *Katsuo Takaishi *Atsushi Tani *Akira Fujita *Tadao Horie *Tōru Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private High School
Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded by Ringo Sheena * "Private" (Vera Blue song), from the 2017 album ''Perennial'' Literature * ''Private'' (novel), 2010 novel by James Patterson * ''Private'' (novel series), young-adult book series launched in 2006 Film and television * ''Private'' (film), 2004 Italian film * ''Private'' (web series), 2009 web series based on the novel series * ''Privates'' (TV series), 2013 BBC One TV series * Private, a penguin character in ''Madagascar'' Other uses * Private (rank), a military rank * ''Privates'' (video game), 2010 video game * Private (rocket), American multistage rocket * Private Media Group, Swedish adult entertainment production and distribution company * '' Private (magazine)'', flagship magazine of the Private Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusaku Maezawa
is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded Start Today in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website Zozotown in 2004, now Japan's largest. Most recently, Maezawa introduced a custom-fit apparel brand ZOZO and at-home measurement system, the ZOZOSUIT, in 2018. As of December 2021, he is estimated by ''Forbes'' to have a net worth of $2.0 billion. Early life Maezawa began attending Waseda Jitsugyo High School in 1991, where he started a hardcore punk band with his classmates called , in which he was the drummer.Yusaku Maezawa: Japanese billionaire tweets most retweeted tweet , BBC, 7 Jan 2019 The band released their first EP in 1993. After graduating from high school, he decided not to go to college; instead he moved to the US with a girlfriend, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santōka Taneda
was the pen-name of , a Japanese author and haiku poet. He is known for his free verse haiku — a style which does not conform to the formal rules of traditional haiku. Early life Santōka was born in a village located in Yamaguchi prefecture, to a wealthy land-owning family. When he was eleven his mother committed suicide by throwing herself into the family well. Though the exact reason for her action is unknown, according to Santōka's diaries his mother had finally reached the point where she could no longer live with her husband's philandering. Following the incident, Santōka was raised by his grandmother. In 1902, he entered Waseda University in Tokyo as a student of literature. While there, he began drinking heavily, and in 1904, at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, he dropped out of school. The documented reason was “nervous breakdown,” which some believe to be a euphemism for frequent and severe drunkenness. By that time his father Takejirō was in such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizu Yaichi
was a Japanese poet, calligrapher and historian. Biography Yaichi was born in the Furumachi area of Niigata, Niigata, and was a professor emeritus of ancient Chinese and Japanese art at Waseda University. His focus was mostly on Buddhist art of the Asuka and Nara eras. In 1926 he advocated for the creation of an art history museum at Waseda University, and eventually collected a vast number of works. In 1951 he received the 2nd Yomiuri Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, a .... External links http://www.waseda.jp/aizu/ References 1881 births 1956 deaths People from Niigata (city) Yomiuri Prize winners 20th-century Japanese poets Buddhist artists {{Japan-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isamu Yoshii
Count was a Japanese ''waka (poetry), tanka'' poet and playwright active in Taishō period, Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. Attracted to European romanticism in his youth, his later works were more subdued. Early life Yoshii Isamu was born in the elite Takanawa district Tokyo. His grandfather, Count Yoshii Tomosane was a former samurai retainer of Satsuma Domain, and member of the House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers, the Privy Council (Japan), Privy Council and official in the Imperial Household Agency, Imperial Household Ministry. His aunt was the wife of Field Marshal (Japan), Field Marshal Oyama Iwao. Yoshii began to live at his father's cottage in the Zaimokuza neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture from 1887 and entered the elementary section of the Kamakura Normal School in 1891. The following year the family returned to Tokyo, but for the rest of his life, he returned to Kamakura frequently to recuperate from bouts of ill health (i.e. tuberculo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiki Hayama
was a Japanese author associated with the Japanese proletarian literature Proletarian literature refers here to the literature created by left-wing writers mainly for the class-consciousness, class-conscious proletariat. Though the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' states that because it "is essentially an intended device of ... movement. He is perhaps best known for , a 1926 novel about the appalling labor conditions on a cargo ship plying the Japan trade lanes, and for short stories such as , an early example of proletarian literature in Japan. He spent time in jail due to his involvement with the labor movement, but later turned away from Marxism and became an enthusiastic supporter of Japanese imperialism. See also * Japanese literature * List of Japanese writers References 1894 births 1945 deaths Japanese writers Writers from Fukuoka Prefecture Proletarian literature {{Japan-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuharu Kaneko
was a Japanese poet and painter. He was a recipient of the Yomiuri Prize. Biography Mitsuharu Kaneko was born in Tsushima, Aichi and attended the private Catholic school Gyosei Gakuen in Tokyo. He published his first poetry collection ''Akatsuchi no Ie'' (Red Clay House) in 1919. He was known as an anti-establishment figure, and during the Second World War, he deliberately made his son ill, so he would not be drafted. As well as publishing several volumes of poetry, he was also known for his autobiographical works. In 1954, he received the 5th Yomiuri Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, a .... Selected bibliography Poetry *''Kohro (The Censor)'', private edition, Tokyo, 1916 *''Sekido no ie (The House of Red Clay)'', private edition, Tokyo, 1919 *''Koganemushi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashihei Hino
(born 玉井勝則, ''Tamai Katsunori''; 25 January 1907 – 24 January 1960) was a Japanese writer, whose works included depictions of military life during World War II. He was born in Wakamatsu (now Wakamatsu ward, Kitakyūshū) and in 1937 he received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for one of his novels, . At that moment he was a soldier for the Japanese army in China. He then got promoted to the information corps and published numerous works about the daily lives of Japanese soldiers. It is for his war novels that he became famous during (and forgotten after) the war. His book sold over a million copies. Hino committed suicide at the age of 53. His death was first reported to have been from a heart attack, but was later revealed by his family to have been from an overdose of sleeping pills. His birthhouse can be visited nowadays. Early life and education Hino was born as Katsunori Tamai (玉井勝則, ''Tamai Katsunori'') on 25 January 1907 in Wakamatsu, Fukuoka Prefec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshinaga Fujita
was a Japanese novelist and screenwriter. Prizes Fujita was the 125th recipient of the Naoki Prize in 2001 Novels * '' Adrift in Tokyo'' (Japanese title 転々, ''tenten'') * ''A Laughing Frog'' (Warau Kaeru) * ''Territory of Love'' (愛の領分) Screenwriting * '' Adrift in Tokyo'' (Japanese title 転々, ''tenten'') (2007) * ''Shikyū no Kioku'' (2007) * ''Senryokugai Tsūkoku'' (2009) Personal life Fujita was married to fellow Naoki Prize winning novelist Mariko Koike is a Japanese novelist. Biography Mariko Koike is a popular detective and horror novelist. Koike was born in Tokyo and graduated from Seikei University. Her first collection of essays was ''Recommendations to Women of the World'' and it became ... from 1984 until his death in 2020.The Japan Times, Sunday August 29, 2004 References External links J'Lit , Authors : Yoshinaga Fujita , Books from Japan {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujita, Yoshinaga 1950 births 2020 deaths 21st-century Japanese novelists Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumio Niwa
was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel ''The Buddha Tree'' (Japanese ''Bodaiju'', "The Linden", or "The Bodhi Tree", 1956). He was ordained as a Shin Buddhist priest in his youth, but abandoned the priesthood two years after his ordination. Career Niwa was born in Mie Prefecture, the eldest son of a priest in the Pure Land sect of Buddhism. He grew up at Sōgen-ji, a temple in Yokkaichi near Nagoya. After his graduation from Waseda University, he reluctantly entered the hereditary priesthood there but quit two years later, at the age of 29, in order to become a writer, walking out of the temple grounds on 10 April 1932 and heading back to Tokyo. He was supported by his girlfriend until their marriage in 1935. During this time he published ''Sweetfish'' (Japanese ''Ayu''), serialised in ''Bungeishunjū'', and the novel ''Superfluous Flesh'' (Japanese ''Zeiniku''). Niwa's work was controversial and, during World War II, tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidemitsu Tanaka
was a novelist of the ''Buraiha'' genre in Shōwa period Japan. His name was also pronounced "Tanaka Eiko" on occasion. Biography Tanaka was born in the uptown Akasaka district of Tokyo as the son of a historian; however, he was listed under his mother's maiden name of “Tanaka” in the family register rather than his father's surname of Iwasaki. He grew up in Kamakura and was a graduate of Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics. While still a student, he was influenced by his newspaper journalist brother towards a literary career, and towards membership in the Japan Communist Party. However, he was discouraged by the corruption of the senior leadership of the party, and left before graduation. Shortly after graduation, he met Dazai Osamu, who became his mentor. Also while still a university student, Tanaka was a member of the Japanese Olympic team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, where he participated as a rower. Although he competed in eight ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosuke Gomi
was the pen-name of Yasusuke Gomi, a Japanese novelist active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He is primarily known for his popular fiction on historical themes. Life and career Gomi was born in the Namba neighborhood of Osaka. His parents died when he was still a small child, and he was raised by his grandparents, who had a thriving business running local theaters and cinemas. He dropped out of a preparatory school for Waseda University, but when faced with danger of conscription in 1942, quickly enrolled into the Literature Department of Meiji University. However, in 1943, all university students were conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army and Gomi was sent to the China front, and was based at Nanjing until the end of the war. During World War II, he met author Yasuda Yojuro, who encouraged him to pursue his interest in history and historical fiction with a career as a writer. After the end of the war, Gomi completed his education at Meiji University, and began writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
