About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1873-11-04
Place of birth:
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
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Izumi Kyōka

Overview

Izumi Kyōka (泉 鏡花 Izumi Kyōka, 4 November 1873 – 7 September 1939), real name Izumi Kyōtarō (泉 鏡太郎 Izumi Kyōtarō), is the pen name of a Japanese author of novels, short stories, and kabuki plays who was active during the prewar period.

Kyōka's writing differed greatly from that of the naturalist writers who dominated the literary scene at the time. Many of Kyōka's works are surrealist critiques of society. He is best known for a characteristic brand of Romanticism preferring tales of the supernatural heavily influenced by works of the earlier Edo period in Japanese arts and letters, which he tempered with his own personal vision of aesthetics and art in the modern age.

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Known for

Writing
2005 Demon Pond Writing Theatre Play 59
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1995 The Tale of Himeji Castle Writing Theatre Play 59
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1992 Gekashitsu Writing Original Story N/A
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1986 Blue Lake Girl Writing Original Story 58
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1981 Kagero-za Writing Novel 59
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1979 Demon Pond Writing Theatre Play 58
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1979 Demon Pond Writing Story 58
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1979 Private Collections Writing Book 58
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1979 Grass Labyrinth Writing Original Story 59
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1962 Her Hidden Past Writing Novel N/A
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1961 Blind Devotion Writing Novel N/A
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1960 The Song Lantern Writing Novel N/A
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1959 Elegy of a Geisha Writing Original Story N/A
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1958 The Snowy Heron Writing Novel 59
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1957 The Temptress and the Monk Writing Original Story N/A
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1956 Bridge of Japan Writing Original Story 59
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1955 The Romance of Yushima Writing Novel 59
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1946 Taki no shiraito Writing Novel N/A
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1943 The Song Lantern Writing Original Story 59
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1942 Onna keizu Writing Novel N/A
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1941 White Heron Writing Novel N/A
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1934 The Genealogy of Women Writing Novel N/A
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1933 The Water Magician Writing Novel 59
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