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Ken'yūsha
was a writers' society in Meiji era Japan, chiefly led by Ozaki Kōyō. Ozaki founded the group with and Maruoka Kyūka. Its other members included Kawakami Bizan, Yamada Bimyō , born , was a Japanese novelist.Suzuki, Tomi. ''Narrating the Self: Fictions of Japanese Modernity''. Stanford University Press, July 1, 1997. , 9780804731621. p44 Jim Reichert, author of ''Yamada Bimyō: Historical Fiction and Modern Love,'' w ..., and Hirotsu Ryurō. The group's magazine, , launched in 1885, was the first Japanese journal to focus on literature. It ceased publication in October 1889. References Meiji era Japanese writers' organizations Japanese literature {{Japan-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamada Bimyō
, born , was a Japanese novelist.Suzuki, Tomi. ''Narrating the Self: Fictions of Japanese Modernity''. Stanford University Press, July 1, 1997. , 9780804731621. p44 Jim Reichert, author of ''Yamada Bimyō: Historical Fiction and Modern Love,'' wrote that Bimyō was "one of the most influential literary reformers of the 1880s" who had "an instrumental role" in producing ''rekishi shōsetsu'', the modern form of a Japanese historical novel.Reichert, p99 According to Reichert, during the 1880s the public perceived Bimyō "to be at the forefront of the literary reform movement, offering a fresh and exciting strategy for reforming Japanese literature." Louis Frédéric, author of the ''Japan Encyclopedia'', wrote that Bimyō was, along with Kōda Rohan, "the most representative authors" of the first modern school of literature to appear in Meiji period, Meiji Japan. History Bimyō was a part of the "Ken'yūsha" ("Friends of the Inkstone") Meiji literary group formed in February 1885, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozaki Kōyō
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. 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-know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirotsu Ryurō
Hirotsu Naoto (15 July 1861 - 15 October 1928), known by his pen name , was a Japanese novelist during the Meiji period. He is credited with the creation of the genre in Japanese literature. Early life Hirotsu was born in Nagasaki, Buzen province (present-day Nagasaki prefecture), to a samurai''-''class family originally from Kurume Domain. His father had been trained as a doctor, and was in Nagasaki studying western medicine at the time of the Meiji Restoration. Under the new Meiji government, he became a diplomat, and was involved in the ''Seikanron'' issue between Japan and Korea. Hirotsu was sent to Tokyo in 1874 to study the German language, and subsequently enrolled in the medical preparatory school of Tokyo Imperial University, but left without graduating in 1877. The following year, at the invitation of his father's friend Godai Tomoatsu, he moved to Osaka, and obtained a position as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce from 1881 to 1885. Around this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiji Era
The was an Japanese era name, era of History of Japan, 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 feudalism, feudal society at risk of colonization by Western world, Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keiō era and was succeeded by the Taishō era, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. The rapid modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bizan Kawakami
was a Japanese novelist of the Meiji era. His real name was Akira Kawakami (川上 亮, ''Kawakami Akira''). Born in Osaka Prefecture, he dropped out of the school of liberal arts in University of Tokyo, Tokyo University and joined Kenyusha, Ken'yusha. After struggling with the rise of naturalist literature yet remaining a popular author until his death, he died by suicide at age 40. Aozora Bunko has a digitalized collection of his works. at www.aozora.gr.jp Notes University of Tokyo alumni Writers from Osaka Suicides by sharp instrument in Japan 1869 births 1908 suicides 1908 deaths 19th-century Japanese novelists 20th-century Japanese novelists {{Japan-writer-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
