Appendix B
A List of Japanese Persons Mentioned in This Text
- Bakin. See Takizawa Bakin.
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon 近松 門左衛門 (1653–1724). The leading dramatist of his time. He wrote 120 Kabuki and Jōruri plays before he died. They are characterized by realism and a refined style with deep insight into psychology. Some of his plays have been translated into English by Donald Keene.
- Chikamatsu Shūkō 近松 秋江 (1876–1944). A novelist. His real name was Tokuda Hiroshi. A graduate of Waseda University (1901) where he took a course in English literature.
- Doppo. See Kunikida Doppo.
- Futabatei Shimei 二葉亭 四迷 (1864–1909). Early Meiji novelist and translator of Russian literature. His real name was Hasegawa Tatsunosuke. He became famous with his epoch-making Ukigumo, the first novel written in colloquial Japanese analyzing human psychology using western methods.
- Hōgetsu. See Shimamura Hōgetsu.
- Ihara Saikaku 井原 西鶴 (1642–1693). Seventeenth-century prose stylist and haiku poet. One of the great literary figures of the Tokugawa period. Some of his works have been translated into English.
- Kagawa Kageki 香川 景樹 (1768–1843). A waka poet who advocated a plain style of waka. He founded the Keien school of waka. Among his works are theories on waka and a commentary on Kokin Wakashū.
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