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Tsubouchi Shōyō (坪内 逍遥, May 22, 1859 – February 28, 1935) was a Japanese author, critic, playwright, translator, editor, educator, and professor at Waseda University. He has been referred to as a seminal figure in Japanese drama.
Jun 18, 2024 · Tsubouchi Shōyō was a playwright, novelist, critic, and translator who occupied a prominent position in Japanese letters for nearly half a century. He wrote the first major work of modern Japanese literary criticism, Shōsetsu shinzui (1885–86; The Essence of the Novel), translated the complete.
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Literary man. Born in Gifu. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he became instructor and later professor of the Tokyo Senmon Gakko (later the Waseda University). Tsubouchi entered into the limelight in Japan's literary world with publication of " Shosetsu shinzui " (The Essence of the Novel) (1885-1886).
Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859-1935) was a literary critic, translator of Western literature, and novelist who had a profound influence on the young writers of Meiji Japan, most notably Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909).
Jun 15, 2024 · Overview. Tsubouchi Shōyō. (1859—1935) Quick Reference. 1859–1935) Japanese writer, scholar, and translator. Tsubouchi was born at Ōt, near Nagoya, into a samurai family.
Tsubouchi Shōyō 坪内逍遙 (1859-1935) was the first person to translate the Complete Works of William Shakespeare into Japanese.
I research Japanese Shakespeare translation, with a particular interest in the work of Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859-1935), and have been teaching English and English literature at Japanese universities since 2003.
