Born at Chōshi in Shimōsa (Chiba) and raised in Yamaguchi and elsewhere; his real name was Tetsuo.
He studied at the Tokyo Senmon Gakkō (later Waseda) and was later baptized a Christian.
He taught at Saiki in Ōita, living close to nature.
He covered the Sino-Japanese War as a reporter, winning popularity with dispatches written as letters to his brother.
He published Musashino (first titled Ima no Musashino), depicting the beauty of nature on Tokyo's outskirts.
As a magazine editor, he founded Fujin Gahō.
The publishing company he had founded went bankrupt.
He died of tuberculosis at Chigasaki in Kanagawa.
Yokoyama TaikanAkiyama SaneyukiKitamura TokokuShiga KiyoshiKōtoku ShūsuiHiguchi IchiyōShimazaki TōsonTayama Katai
People of the Meiji period ・ People by period
Based on facts found in textbooks and biographies. Uncertain points are marked as such.