Shimei Futabatei

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Shimei Futabatei

Shimei FutabateiShimei Futabatei (二葉亭 四迷 Futabatei Shimei, 4 April 1864 – 10 May 1909)

A stray idealist

He was Known as a founder of the literature in its modern form by writing in colloquial style for the first time in Japan.
By the origination, he became a hero of the times and had a strong influence on other authors, but nothing contented him and kept searching for what to do with himself.

*Notable works
  The Drifting Cloud (1887)
  An Adopted Husband (1906)

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