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Mori Ōgai

森鴎外 1862-02-17 – 1922-07-09 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Tsuwano, Iwami Province (now Shimane Prefecture) in 1862 as Mori Rintarō, son of a domain physician. He graduated from Tokyo Medical School (now the University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine) at age 19 and was dispatched to Germany as an Imperial Army medical officer from 1884 to 1888. After returning to Japan, he wrote the "German trilogy" — "The Dancing Girl" (Maihime), "Foam on the Waves" (Utakata no Ki), and "The Courier" (Fumizukai). He served simultaneously as Surgeon General of the Imperial Japanese Army, Director of the Imperial Museum, and President of the Imperial Art Academy while producing creative writing, translations, criticism, and translated drama. His later historical fictions — "The Abe Clan" (Abe Ichizoku), "Sanshō the Bailiff" (Sanshō Dayū), "The Boat on the Takase River" (Takasebune), "Shibue Chūsai" — represent the peak of his work. Along with Natsume Sōseki, he is considered one of the two pillars of modern Japanese literature.

Literary Schools / Movements

Yoyū-ha (Sōseki school)

Publication Venues (12 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (82 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 夢 (Yume) (1889)
  • 舞姫 (The Dancing Girl) (1890)
  • うたかたの記 (Utakata no Ki) (1890)
  • みちの記 (Michi no Ki) (1890)
  • 文づかい (Bun Zuka I) (1891)
  • 柵草紙の山房論文 (Shigarami Sōshi no Yama Bō Rombun) (1891)
  • そめちがへ (Some Chi ga E) (1897)
  • 「言語の起原」附記 (Gengo no Kigen Fuki) (1903)
  • 能久親王年譜 (Yoshihisashinnō Nempu) (1908)
  • 仮名遣意見 (Kanazukai Iken) (1909)
  • 半日 (Hannichi) (1909)
  • 追儺 (Oniyarai) (1909)
  • 魔睡 (Ma Nemu) (1909)
  • ヰタ・セクスアリス (Vita Sexualis) (1909)
  • 当流比較言語学 (Tōryū Hikaku Gengo Gaku) (1909)
  • 長谷川辰之助 (Hasegawa Tatsunosuke) (1909)
  • 私が十四五歳の時 (Watashi ga Jū Yon Go Sai no Toki) (1909)
  • 金貨 (Kinka) (1909)
  • 杯 (Hai) (1910)
  • 牛鍋 (Gyūnabe) (1910)
  • 独身 (Dokushin) (1910)
  • 青年 (Youth (Seinen)) (1910)
  • 普請中 (Under Reconstruction) (1910)
  • 花子 (Hanako) (1910)
  • あそび (Asobi) (1910)
  • 身上話 (Shinjō Banashi) (1910)
  • 蛇 (Hebi) (1911)
  • カズイスチカ (Kazuisuchika) (1911)
  • 妄想 (Mōsō) (1911)
  • 鼎軒先生 (Kanae Noki Sensei) (1911)

Showing top 30 of 82 works. Read in Japanese for full list.

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