Mokutarō Kinoshita
Mokutaro Kinoshita or Masao Ōta | |
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Mokutaro Kinoshita in 1934 | |
| Born | Masao Ōta August 1, 1885 Itō, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Died | October 15, 1945 (aged 60) Tokyo, Japan |
| Pen name | Mokutaro Kinoshita |
| Occupation | Author and Physician (dermatologist), Professor of Dermatology (South Manchuria Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Tohoku Imperial University, Tokyo Imperial University |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Period | Taisho era and Showa era |
| Genre | Novels, dramas, poems, historian, translation, literary critic, scientific papers on infection, especially leprosy |
| Literary movement | Pan-no-kai (Romanticism) |
| Notable works | Izumiya Somemonoten, Nanbanjimonzen, Nevus of Ota |
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Mokutarō Kinoshita (木下 杢太郎, Kinoshita Mokutarō; August 1, 1885 – October 15, 1945) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic, as well as a licensed doctor specializing in dermatology during Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. His other pen names included Hori Kason (堀花村), Chika Isshakusei (地下一尺生), Sōnan (葱南) and others. As professor of dermatology and a noted leprosy researcher, he served at four universities (South Manchuria Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Tohoku Imperial University, Tokyo Imperial University).