Koyo Ozaki

Koyo Ozaki was born on 10 January 1868 in Edo according to the National Diet Library, in 1869 according to the Encyclopædia Britannica. While still a student, he founded in 1885, with fellow students, a literary society, the Ken'yūsha, and its journal, which left its mark on the Japanese novel for nearly twenty years. After joining the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1889, he produced most of his work there and trained many disciples, among them Izumi Kyōka, future master of the romantic tale, and Tokuda Shūsei, future naturalist novelist. He died of illness in Tokyo on 30 October 1903.

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• NovelThe Gold Demon金色夜叉Koyo Ozaki · 1897Literature