Mori Ōgai
Videos
Lieutenant-General Mori Rintarō, known by his pen name Mori Ōgai, was a Japanese Army Surgeon general officer, translator, novelist, poet and father of famed author Mari Mori. He obtained his medical
Mori Ōgai in 1911
The author's oldest and youngest children (Mari and Rui)
The cover of the first issue of Shigarami sōshi in October 1889
Mori Ōgai's statue at his house in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyūshū
Japanese literature
Videos
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
Mori Ōgai
…Kokura was of this conflict between a conservative administrative body and a progressive scientist. Meanwhile, he also attempted to revitalize modern Japanese literature and published his own literary journal (Shigarami sōshi, 1889–1894) and his own book of poetry (Omokage, 1889). In his writings, he was an "anti-realist…
Murasaki Shikibu, the author of The Tale of Genji
Matsuo Bashō, a haikai poet
Mori Ogai in the atelier of Sculptor Takeishi Kozaburo in 1916
Soseki