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Born February 20, 1883 • Ishinomaki • Japan
Died October 21, 1971 (aged 88) • Tokyo • Japan
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Mushanokōji Saneatsu.
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Mishima Yukio
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akutagawa ryunosuke
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Mori Ōgai.
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