Kenjirō Tokutomi
Kenjirō Tokutomi (徳富 健次郎 Tokutomi Kenjirō?, 6 December 1868 – 18 September 1927) was a Japanese writer and philosopher.
Biography
Kenjirō Tokutomi was born in Minamata, Japan. He was the younger brother of journalist and historian Tokutomi Sohō. He wrote novels under the pseudonym of Roka Tokutomi (徳冨 蘆花?), many of which were translated into a number of languages including English, French, and German. He corresponded with Leo Tolstoy. A copy of a letter is on display in the small museum located in the Roka Kōshun-en Park, along with belongings.
One of his most famous novels is The Cuckoo.
From February 27, 1907, until his death, he lived in a house in Musashino (Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan). He died in Ikaho in 1927. At his wife's death the property was donated to the City of Tokyo to be used as a park. It was named Roka Kōshun-en in his honor.
Works in English translation
- Nami-ko: A Realistic Novel (1904; translated by Sakae Shioya and E.F. Edgett)[1]
- Nature and Man (1913; translated by Arthur Lloyd, M. von Fallot and Hidetaro Ono)
Notes
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External links
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- Works by Kenjirō Tokutomi at Hathi Trust
- Tokutomi Roka at Encyclopædia Britannica
- The Heart of Nami San
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