- male, 52 years old
- Pico Iyer (born 1957) is a British-born essayist and novelist. Iyer was born in Oxford, England, to Indian parents, who were both teachers of...
- male, 57 years old
- Alex Kerr (b. 1952) is an American writer and Japanologist. Originally from Bethesda, Maryland, his father, a naval officer, was posted in Yokohama...
- male
- Fred L. Smith, Jr. is the President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank dedicated to the principles...
- male, deceased (1725)
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Japanese: 近松門左衛門; real name Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森信盛, 1653–6 January 1725) was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of pu...
- female
- Liza Dalby is an anthropologist and a novelist. She is the only westerner to have become a geisha, which she did in the course of researching her...
- male, deceased (806)
- (737-806) was the 50th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
- male, deceased (1945)
- Kitaro Nishida was a prominent Japanese philosopher, founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. He graduated from The...
- male, deceased (842)
- Emperor Saga (786-842) was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from 809 to 823.
- male, 77 years old
- Nagisa Oshima, born March 31, 1932 in Kyoto, is a famous Japanese film director. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku...
- male, deceased (1189)
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - June 15,1189) was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. Yoshitsune...
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