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Kyōka Izumi

Kyōka Izumi was born in 1873 at Kanazawa. Izumi died in 1939 at Tokyo. Kyōka Izumi was recorded as having studied at Kanazawa Municipal Baba Elementary School and Hokuriku Gakuin.

Also recorded as Izumi Kyōka · Izumi Kyoka · Kyoka Izumi · Kyouka Izumi

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Portrait of Izumi Kyoka (泉鏡花, 1873 – 1939)

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Biography

Kyōka Izumi was recorded at birth as 泉 鏡太郎.

Kyōka Izumi was recorded at birth as 泉 鏡太郎. The authorities additionally record the headings Izumi Kyōka, Izumi Kyoka, Kyoka Izumi and Kyouka Izumi. His recorded language was Japanese.

He married Suzu Izumi.

Works recorded as notable number 8: Giketsukyōketsu, Gekashitsu, Terihakyōgen, The Saint of Mt. Koya, Onna Keizu, Kusa Meikyū, Uta Andon and Demon Pond.

Kyōka Izumi is recorded as writer, playwright and novelist.

Kyōka Izumi is recorded as having studied at Kanazawa Municipal Baba Elementary School and Hokuriku Gakuin. Born in 1873 at Kanazawa.

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  1. 1873

    Kyōka Izumi born at Kanazawa.

  2. 1939

    Kyōka Izumi died at Tokyo.

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  • Tokyo
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  • Kanazawa

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Izumi Kyōka portrait photograph, 1898. Izumi Kyōka, portrait photograph, frontispiece folding screen. Izumi Kyōka portrait photograph, 1933. Izumi Kyōka portrait photograph, 1927-1928.

  • Izumi, Kyōka (1873–1939), Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism

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Kyōka Izumi studied at Kanazawa Municipal Baba Elementary School and Hokuriku Gakuin. He trained under Ozaki Kōyō.

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