was a Japanese author and philosopher. He was a graduate of

Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth prime minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed W ...

. He was originally a rationalist and then became a

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

. He is buried in Tokyo's

Zōshigaya cemetery is a public cemetery in Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan government. The cemetery is nonsectarian, and contains the graves of many famous people in its 10 ha area. It is maintained by the Tokyo Metropolit ...

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* 1873 births 1907 deaths Japanese writers 19th-century Japanese philosophers 20th-century Japanese philosophers Japanese Christians Burials at Zōshigaya Cemetery {{japan-philosopher-stub