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- Ōta Gyokumei 太田 玉茗 (1871–1927). A poet. He graduated from Tokyo Senmon Gakkō. At one time he was a reporter of the Kabuki Shimpō. In his later years, he was a resident priest in a Buddhist temple. He was a brother-in-law of Tayama Katai.
- Ozaki Kōyō 尾崎 紅葉 (1867–1903). A novelist. His given name was Tokutarō. He attended the Literature Department of Tokyo University but left it without graduating to become a novelist. After organizing the Kenyūsha society of writers (1888) he started the magazine, Garakuta Bunko. He was a giant among the novelists of the Meiji period. Among his disciples were such well-known writers as Izumi Kyōka and Oguri Fūyō. Kōyō's style was polished and elaborate. His masterpieces include Tajō Takon ("Tears and Regrets") and Konjiki Yasha ("The Gold Demon"). Konjiki Yasha has been translated into English.
- Saikaku. See Ihara Saikaku.
- Senuma Shigeki 瀨沼 茂樹 (1904–). A novellist-critic. His real name is Tadanao Suzuki. Among his books are Kindai Nihon Bungaku no Kōzō ("The Structure of Modern Japanese Literature") and Shimazaki Tōson.
- Shimamura Hōgetsu 島村 抱月 (1871–1918). Literary critic and writer. His given name was Takitarō. He was adopted by the Shimamura family (his former name was Sasayama). After graduating from Tokyo Senmon Gakkō (1884), he lectured at Waseda University and wrote novels and criticism for Waseda Bungaku. He studied in Britain and Germany.
