Birthdays

January
Kyūsaku Yumeno Kyūsaku Yumeno January 4 Kōyō Ozaki Kōyō Ozaki January 10 Yukichi Fukuzawa Yukichi Fukuzawa January 10 Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe January 19 Katai Tayama Katai Tayama January 22
February
Gin Akutagawa Gin Akutagawa February 4 Jules Gabriel Verne Jules Gabriel Verne February 8 Sōseki Natsume Sōseki Natsume February 9 Motojirō Kajii Motojirō Kajii February 17 Ōgai Mori Ōgai Mori February 17 John Steinbeck John Steinbeck February 27 Mizuki Tsujimura Mizuki Tsujimura February 29
March
Ryunosuke Akutagawa Ryunosuke Akutagawa March 1 Mushitaro Oguri Mushitaro Oguri March 14 Tetchō Suehiro Tetchō Suehiro March 15 Naomi Tanizaki Naomi Tanizaki March 26 Natsuhiko Kyōgoku Natsuhiko Kyōgoku March 26
April
Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Gogol April 1 Teruko Okura Teruko Okura April 12 Chūya Nakahara Chūya Nakahara April 29
May
Ichiyō Higuchi Ichiyō Higuchi May 2 Atsushi Nakajima Atsushi Nakajima May 5 Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Tatsuhiko Shibusawa May 8 Ōchi Fukuchi Ōchi Fukuchi May 13
June
Ivan Goncharov Ivan Goncharov June 18 Osamu Dazai Osamu Dazai June 19
July
Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne July 4 Ryūrō Hirotsu Ryūrō Hirotsu July 15 Nobuko Sasaki Nobuko Sasaki July 20 Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Tanizaki July 24 Michizō Tachihara Michizō Tachihara July 30
August
Herman Melville Herman Melville August 1 Howard Phillips Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft August 20 Kenji Miyazawa Kenji Miyazawa August 27 Doppo Kunikida Doppo Kunikida August 30
September
Aya Koda Aya Koda September 1 Dame Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Christie September 15 Herbert George Wells Herbert George Wells September 21 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald September 24 Saigiku Jōno Saigiku Jōno September 24
October
Ango Sakaguchi Ango Sakaguchi October 20 Arthur Rimbaud Arthur Rimbaud October 20 Ranpo Edogawa Ranpo Edogawa October 21 Sakunosuke Oda Sakunosuke Oda October 26
November
Kyōka Izumi Kyōka Izumi November 4 Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell November 8 Bram Stoker Bram Stoker November 8 Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky November 11 André Gide André Gide November 22 Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott November 29 Mark Twain Mark Twain November 30 Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery November 30
December
Santōka Taneda Santōka Taneda December 3 Akiko Yosano Akiko Yosano December 7 Yukito Ayatsuji Yukito Ayatsuji December 23