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Japanese essayists

26 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Akiko YosanoAuthor · Books
Fumi HiranoPerson · Film memorabiliaFumi Hirano is a Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, narrator, radio personality, and essayist.
Haruki MurakamiAuthor · BooksHaruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold…
Hideo KobayashiAuthor · BooksHideo Kobayashi was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.
Ikuma DanPerson · Music memorabilia7 April 1924 – 17 May 2001 was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before…
Kawai KanjirōArtist · CeramicsIllustration — circa 1950
Kenzaburō ŌeAuthor · BooksKenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature.
Kōki MitaniPerson · Film memorabiliaKōki Mitani is a Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director. He was named after Taihō Kōki, the youngest sumo wrestler to become yokozuna.
Makoto WadaIllustrator · IllustrationMakoto Wada (10 April 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a Japanese illustrator, essayist, and film director.
Masaoka ShikiAuthor · BooksOctober 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡升), was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan.
Masaru EmotoAuthor · BooksMasaru Emoto (Japanese: 江本勝, Hepburn: Emoto Masaru; July 22, 1943 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could…
Mikako IchikawaPerson · Film memorabiliaMikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model born in Tokyo. She has appeared in films including Blue (2001), Cutie Honey (2004), Memories of Matsuko (2006) and Shin Godzilla (2016).
Momoko SakuraAuthor · BooksMiki Miura, known professionally as Momoko Sakura (May 8, 1965 – August 15, 2018) was a Japanese manga artist and writer.
Riichi YokomitsuAuthor · BooksRiichi Yokomitsu (横光利一, Yokomitsu Riichi) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.
Saiichi MaruyaAuthor · BooksAugust 27, 1925 – October 13, 2012 was a Japanese author and literary critic.
Santō KyōdenArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Depiction of Santō Kyōden
Shungicu UchidaArtist · Comics and comic artShigeko Uchida, known by the pen name 内田春菊, is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer.
Tetsuko KuroyanagiPerson · Film memorabiliaTetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress and television personality. She has hosted the television program since 1975.
Yaeko NogamiAuthor · Books6 May 1885 – 30 March 1985 was the pen-name of a novelist of the Shōwa period Japan. Her maiden name was Kotegawa Yae.
Yoko TawadaAuthor · BooksYōko Tawada (多和田葉子 Tawada Yōko, born March 23, 1960) is a Japanese writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. She writes in both Japanese and German.
Yoshida KenkōAuthor · BooksUrabe Kenkō (卜部兼好; 1283–1350), also known as Yoshida Kenkō (吉田兼好; Japanese pronunciation: [jo.ɕi.da (|) keꜜŋ.koː]), or simply Kenkō (兼好;
Yuki SaitoAuthor · BooksYuki Saito (Saitō Yuki; born September 10, 1966, in Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator.
Yukio MishimaAuthor · BooksKimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story…

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