Kume Masao
| Masao Kume | |
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Kume Masao
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| Born |
23 November 1891 Ueda, Nagano, Japan |
| Died | 1 March 1952 (aged 60) Kamakura, Japan |
| Occupation | writer |
| Genre | haiku poetry, novels, stage plays |
| Notable works | Tsuki yori no shisha (Messenger from the Moon, 1933) |
Masao Kume (久米 正雄 Kume Masao?, 23 November 1891 – 1 March 1952) was a Japanese popular playwright, novelist and haiku poet (under the pen-name of Santei) active during the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. His wife, and the wife of Nagai Tatsuo were sisters.
Kume was born in Ueda city, Nagano prefecture. His father was the principal of the local elementary school, and committed suicide in 1897 to take responsibility for a fire which destroyed a portion of the school where a portrait of Emperor Meiji had been displayed. Kume moved with his mother to her home in Kōriyama city, Fukushima prefecture, where he was raised.
Kume exhibited a talent for haiku poetry even in elementary school. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University Department of Literature under Natsume Sōseki (together with classmates Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Kan Kikuchi, he joined a literary group that published a literary magazine called (Shinshichō (新思潮 New Currents of Thought?)).
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