Writer

Shimauchi Keiji

Japanese literature scholar and critic. Professor at the University of Electro-Communications. Born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1955. Studied The Tale of Genji under Akiyama Ken at the University of Tokyo, where he completed his doctorate in literature in 1984. Works include Genji monogatari monogatari (The Story of The Tale of Genji), Mishima Yukio: Hōjō no umi e sosogu (Mishima Yukio: Flowing into The Sea of Fertility), and Yamato-damashii no seishinshi: Motoori Norinaga kara Mishima Yukio e (An Intellectual History of the Japanese Spirit: From Motoori Norinaga to Mishima Yukio).

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last updated at : Sep 20, 2019