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Zeami Motokiyo 世阿弥 1363 Philosopher Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴 1642 Writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon 近松門左衛門 1653 Writer Namiki Sōsuke 並木宗輔 1695 Writer Namiki Shōzō I 並木正三 (初代) 1730 Writer Kawatake Mokuami 河竹黙阿弥 1816 Writer San’yūtei Enchō 三遊亭圓朝 1839 Writer Fukuchi Genichiro 福地源一郎 1841 Politician Tsubouchi Shōyō 坪内逍遥 1859 Writer Mori Ōgai 森鷗外 1862 Writer Sadakichi Hartmann サダキチ・ハートマン 1867 Writer Hōgetsu Shimamura 島村抱月 1871 Writer Kido Okamoto 岡本綺堂 1872 Journalist Kyōka Izumi 泉鏡花 1873 Writer Shigure Hasegawa 長谷川時雨 1879 Writer Chōkō Ikuta 生田長江 1881 Writer Kaoru Osanai 小山内薫 1881 Writer Hideo Nagata 長田秀雄 1885 Writer Mokutaro Kinoshita 木下杢太郎 1885 Writer Takitarō Minakami 水上瀧太郎 1887 Writer Kan Kikuchi 菊池寛 1888 Politician Hyakuzō Kurata 倉田百三 1891 Philosopher