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Ueda Akinari
AuthorBooks · Second hand1734-1809
Ueda Akinari or Ueda Shūsei was a Japanese author, scholar and waka poet, and a prominent literary figure in 18th-century Japan. He was an early writer in the yomihon genre and his two masterpieces, Ugetsu Monogatari and Harusame Monogatari, are central to the canon of Japanese literature.
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Birth
1734
Death
1809
First book
1767
Years writing
259
Ueda Akinari was a multifaceted literary figure who excelled as a writer, physician, poet, and philologist in 18th-century Japan.
His masterpiece, Tales of Moonlight and Rain, is a cornerstone of Japanese literature that explores the supernatural realm.
Born in Osaka, Akinari balanced his career as a merchant with deep academic and linguistic scholarship.
Under the pseudonym Kijin Senshi, the author left a legacy of 55 works reflecting his mastery of tradition and fiction.
Beyond his narrative work, he was a renowned waka scholar, demonstrating his expertise in classical Japanese poetry.