Natsume Sōseki

Natsume Sōseki

male, deceased (1916)
"' was the pen name of , who is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji Era. His popular name is Sōseki"'. He is best k...
Shigeru Yoshida

Shigeru Yoshida

male, deceased (1967)
September 22, 1878-October 20, 1967, was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948...
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

male, deceased (1927)
; (March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) was a Japanese writer active in Taisho period Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story",...
Nobusuke Kishi

Nobusuke Kishi

male, deceased (1987)
Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese politician and the 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan from February 25, 1957 to June 12, 1958 and from then to...
Kōki Hirota

Kōki Hirota

male, deceased (1948)
was a Japanese diplomat, politician and the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937.
Eisaku Satō

Eisaku Satō

male, deceased (1975)
was a Japanese politician and the 61st, 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan, elected on November 9, 1964, and re-elected on February 17, 1967 and...
Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

male, deceased (1970)
was the public name of, a Japanese author and playwright, famous for both his highly notable nihilistic post-war writings and the circumstances of...
Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

male, deceased (1972)
was a Japanese short story writer and novelist whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first...
Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki

male, deceased (1902)
was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, literary critic, and journalist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Masaoka Tsunenori,, but as a...
Takeo Fukuda

Takeo Fukuda

male, deceased (1995)
Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician and the 67th Prime Minister of Japan from December 24,1976 to December 7, 1978. He was born in Gunma...