Ozaki Kōyō

Ozaki Kōyō (尾崎 紅葉, January 10, 1868 – October 30, 1903) was a Japanese author and poet.[1] His real name was Ozaki Tokutaro (尾崎 徳太郎).

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ozaki.
Ozaki Kōyō
Native name
尾崎 紅葉
Born(1868-01-10)10 January 1868
Edo, Japan
DiedOctober 30, 1903(1903-10-30) (aged 35)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
GenreNovels, poetry

Biography

Ozaki was the only son of Kokusai (尾崎 谷斎), a well-known netsuke carver in the Meiji period. He was educated at Tokyo Prefecture Middle School and later at Tokyo Imperial University. At university, he started publishing a literary magazine called Ken'yūsha ("Friend of the Ink Stone") in 1885 with some friends. Well-known writers Yamada Bimyō and Kawakami Bizan also had material published in the magazine.

Ozaki's most renowned works are Tajō Takon (多情多恨, "Tears and Regrets"), serialized in 1896,[2] and Konjiki Yasha (金色夜叉, "The Golden Demon"), serialized in 1897 in the Hakubunkan magazine Nihon Taika Ronshū (日本大家論集, "Japan Expert Treatise Collection").[3] His works mostly appeared in the Yomiuri Shimbun, the most popular newspaper in Japan. His pupil Izumi Kyōka continued to write in Ozaki's style. In 1954, Konjiki Yasha was made into a Japanese-language film set in Atami.

See also

References
  1. "Ozaki Kōyō: Japanese author". Britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  2. 多情多恨. Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  3. 金色夜叉. Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved September 3, 2020.


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