Hōgetsu Shimamura (, February 28, 1871 - November 5, 1918) was a Japanese

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, novelist and leader of

Shingeki was a leading form of theatre in Japan that was based on modern realism. Born in the early years of the 20th century, it sought to be similar to modern Western theatre, putting on the works of the ancient Greek classics, William Shakespeare, Moli� ...

. His real name is Takitaro (滝太郎). He was born in

Shimane Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...

. He graduated from

Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō , 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 ...

. 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.

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