Takeo Arishima
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Takeo Arishima
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March 4, 1878 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | June 9, 1923 (aged 45) Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan |
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | short stories, novels, essays, literary criticism |
| Literary movement | Shirakaba |
| Notable works | A Certain Woman (或る女 Aru Onna?) |
| Children | Masayuki Mori |
Takeo Arishima (有島 武郎 Arishima Takeo?, March 4, 1878 – June 9, 1923) was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist during the late Meiji and Taishō periods. His two younger brothers, Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬?) and Ton Satomi (里美弴?), were also authors. His son was the internationally known film and stage actor, Masayuki Mori.
Arishima was born in Tokyo, Japan into a wealthy family as the son of an ex-samurai official in the Ministry of Finance. He was first sent to a mission school in Yokohama, where he was taught English, after which he entered preparatory school of the prestigious Gakushuin peer's school, when he was 10 years old.
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