- Gotō Chūgai
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23 December 1866 –12 June 1938 was thepen-name of an essayist, novelist andliterary critic active from late Meiji through earlyShowa period Japan . His real name was Gotō Toranosuke.Born in the rural Senboku District of
Akita prefecture , Gotō graduated from the "Tokyo Semmon Gakko" (present-dayWaseda University ). From 1900, he served as editor of theliterary magazine "Shishosetsu" ("New Fiction"). Some of the writers who contributed to the magazine during his tenure wereHirotsu Ryuro ,Izumi Kyoka ,Shimazaki Toson ,Natsume Sōseki andNagai Kafu . He was strongly critical of the naturalism movement, which began to become popular around that time. His works include a novel, "Funikudan" (1899), and a collection of essays, "Hi shizen shugi" (1908).See also
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Japanese literature
*List of Japanese authors External links
* [http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person345.html e-text of works] at
Aozora Bunko (Japanese)
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