was a researcher of

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and a

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Biography

Masamune Atsuo was born in Wake District Honami (present-day Bizen),

Okayama Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Okayama Prefecture has a population of 1,906,464 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 7,114 Square kilometre, km2 (2,746 sq mi). Okayama Prefectur ...

, he was the younger brother of

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and

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Masamune Hakuchō. While his brother moved to

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to work, Atsuo remained home and ran the family business. He studied

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under the guidance of Inoue Michiyasu, and was friends with Shimaki Akahiko and Saitō Mokichi. In addition to work, he wrote waka and researched Japanese literature. Due to his achievements, in 1952 he became a professor at

Notre Dame Seishin University is a private women's college in Okayama, Okayama, Japan, run by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (Congregationis Sororum a Domina Nostra Namurcensi) are a Catholic institute of religious sisters, founded ...

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He collected old and rare books, and in 1936 established the . This collection is still in existence and contains many valuable texts.

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Masamune Hakuchō and Atsuo (in Japanese)
1881 births 1958 deaths People from Okayama Prefecture Japanese literature academics 20th-century Japanese poets {{japan-poet-stub