was a Japanese author and poet. His real name was , and he was also known by various
noms de plume including and .
Biography
Ozaki was the only son of
Kokusai (), a well-known carver in the
Meiji period
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...
. Ozaki is known as a classic Japanese author writing works in essays, haiku poems, and novels. He grew up in his hometown of Shibachumonmae, located in what is now part of Tokyo, until the age of four, when his mother died. The death of his mother lead him to live with his grandparents in Shibashinmei-cho. His childhood there influenced him in his choice of the penname ''Koyo'', from Mount Koyo of
Zojo Temple.
Ozaki was educated at Baisen Primary School before entering the Highschool of Tokyofu Daini Junior High School, later dropping out after two years. After he entered the Mita English School. Eventually, he enrolled at the Tokyo Imperial University. There he started publishing a literary magazine called ("Friend of the Ink Stone") in 1885 with some friends. Well-known writers
Yamada Bimyō
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and
Kawakami Bizan also had material published in the magazine.
Ozaki's most renowned works are , serialized in 1896, and , serialized in 1897 in the
Hakubunkan
is a Japanese publisher, publishing company founded in 1887 amidst the wealth and military prosperity of the Meiji era. Hakubunkan entered the publishing arena by printing a nationalist magazine as well as expanding into printing, advertising, pa ...
magazine . His works mostly appeared in the , the most popular newspaper in Japan. His most notable pupils were
Izumi Kyōka
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As given name
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a romance author who specialized in short stories and who continued to write in Ozaki's style, and author Tokuda Shūsei.
was adapted for film numerous times, including a 1937 version by director
Hiroshi Shimizu.
See also
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Japanese literature
Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature. Early texts were often written in pure Classical Chinese or , a Chinese-Japanes ...
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List of Japanese authors
This is an alphabetical list of writers who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language.
Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name to ensure consistency although some ...
References
External links
Ancestral Research on Ozaki Kōyō (Mainly in Japanese)
1868 births
1903 deaths
19th-century Japanese novelists
People from Tokyo
19th-century Japanese poets
Japanese haiku poets
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