Japan: Shimazaki Toson, Japanese author and poet, 1872-1943

Japan: Tōson Shimazaki (島崎 藤村 Shimazaki Tōson, 25 March 1872 – 22 August 1943) is the pen-name of Shimazaki Haruki, a Japanese author, active in the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.

He began his career as a romantic poet, but went on to establish himself as a major proponent of naturalism in Japanese fiction.

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