Izumi Kyōka
Izumi Kyōka ( Japanese 泉 鏡 花 , actually: Izumi Kyōtarō ( 泉 鏡 太郎 ), born November 4, 1873 in Kanazawa ; † September 7, 1939 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese writer.
Life
Izumi came to Tokyo after attending the Japanese-English Hokuriku School in 1890, where he became a student of the poet and novelist Ozaki Koyo . His first novel, Kammuri Yaemon , was published under his supervision . His next work Giketsu Kyōketsu appeared in sequels in the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun and was edited as a play. With further works that were published in the magazine Bungei Kurabu ( 文 芸 倶 楽 部 ), he established himself as a novelist.
In the years that followed, Izumi became a popular writer of fantastic and grotesque stories. His hometown Kanazawa dedicated a museum to him and donated the Izumi Kyōka Literature Prize , which was first awarded on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 1973.
Works
- Kammuri Yaemon ( 冠 彌 左衞 門 )
- 1894 Giketsu Kyōketsu ( 義 血 侠 血 )
- 1895 Yakō Junsa ( 夜行 巡査 )
- 1895 Gekashitsu ( 外科 室 )
- dt. Izumi Kyōka: The operating room . In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens [OAG] (Hrsg.): OAG Notes . No. 10_2010 . Tokyo December 2010, p. 1–11 ( oag.jp [PDF; accessed June 3, 2012] Japanese: 外科 室 Gekashitsu . Translated by Matthias Igarashi).
- 1900 Kōya Hijiri ( 高 野 聖 )
- 1907 Onna Keizu ( 婦 系 図 )
- 1910 Uta Andon ( 歌行 燈 )
- 1913 Yasha-ga-Ike ( 夜叉 ヶ 池 )
Web links
- Kamakura City, Kamakura's Literary Figures ( Memento from June 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Izumi Kyōka. In: Encyclopædia Britannica Online - Biography
- aozora.gr.jp (digitized, Japanese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Izumi, Kyōka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 泉 鏡 花 (Japanese); Izumi Kyōtarō (real name); 泉 鏡 太郎 (Japanese, real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kanazawa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1939 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |