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Tōson Shimazaki

1872 - 1943

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Tōson Shimazaki (島崎 藤村, Shimazaki Tōson; Japanese pronunciation: [toꜜː.soɴ], 25 March 1872 – 22 August 1943) was the pen-name of Haruki Shimazaki, a Japanese writer active in the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He began his career as a Romantic poet, but went on to establish himself as a major proponent of Japanese Naturalism. The historical novel Before the Dawn (1929-1935), about the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, is his most popular work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tōson Shimazaki is the 3,461st most popular writer (up from 3,557th in 2019), the 1,009th most popular biography from Japan (down from 999th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 3,461 out of 7,302. Before him are Lawrence Block, Sylvia Nasar, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Coelius Sedulius, Eysteinn Erlendsson, and Dmitry Gulia. After him are Olympia Fulvia Morata, Lesches, Viktor Rydberg, Jerzy Giedroyc, Bernard Maris, and Pavao Ritter Vitezović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 111. Before him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Vilhelms Purvītis, Karin Michaëlis, Georges Urbain, and Kristine Bonnevie. After him are Déodat de Séverac, Kazimierz Bein, Franz John, Rudolf Schlechter, Albert Tyler, and Charles Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1943, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 128. Before him are Winnaretta Singer, Hristo Lukov, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Walther von Hünersdorff, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, and Anita Augspurg. After him are Bernhard Lichtenberg, Fats Waller, Ruth Belville, Aristarkh Lentulov, Curt Haase, and W. S. Van Dyke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 1,009 out of 6,245. Before him are Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Takuya Kimura (1972), Shinobu Ikeda (1962), and Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896). After him are Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960), Kunio Yanagita (1875), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), and Kenta Komatsu (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Tōson Shimazaki ranks 79. Before him are Kan Kikuchi (1888), Naoya Shiga (1883), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Futabatei Shimei (1864). After him are Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), and Shinichi Hoshi (1926).

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