Yoshikawa Eiji: Quick Facts

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Ihara Saikaku

Japanese author

Ariyoshi Sawako

Japanese author

Inoue Yasushi

Japanese writer

Takizawa Bakin

Japanese writer

Mori Ōgai

Japanese author

Haruki Murakami

Japanese author

Endō Shūsaku

Japanese author

Mishima Yukio

Japanese author

Ishihara Shintarō

Japanese writer and politician

Ōoka Shōhei

Japanese author

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor and director

Ōe Kenzaburō

Japanese writer

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Uchida Shungicu

Japanese artist and author

Arishima Takeo

Japanese writer

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Yū Miri

Japanese author

Banana Yoshimoto

Japanese writer

Murasaki Shikibu

Japanese courtier and author

Uno Chiyo

Japanese writer