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  • Born: 1878/9/1
  • Died: 1948/3/25
  • Other Names: 真山彬 (Mayama Akira)
  • Japanese: 真山青果 (Mayama Seika)

Mayama Seika was a prominent novelist and playwright of the Meiji through early Shôwa periods. He is perhaps most famous for his novel Minami Koizumi-mura, and the kabuki play Genroku Chûshingura, which is still performed quite regularly today.

Born Mayama Akira in Miyagi prefecture, he dropped out of medical school as a youth to study under writer Oguri Fûyô. After his now-acclaimed novel Minami Koizumi-mura was published in 1907, he was expected to quickly become a rising star in the new "naturalist" literary movement, but, after an incident in 1911 where his manuscript was double-sold, he became estranged from the literary world.

He began working for Shôchiku in 1913, and became a shinpa (new-style theatre) playwright, producing such works as Genboku and Chôei, Genroku Chûshingura, and Taira no Masakado.

He passed away on March 25, 1948.

References

  • "Mayama Seika," Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten デジタル版 日本人名大辞典, Kodansha, 2009.