Born in Tokyo into a noble family descended from court aristocrats.
He entered Tokyo Imperial University but soon left to pursue literature.
With Shiga Naoya and others he started the magazine Shirakaba.
He published the novel Omedetaki Hito (A Happy Man).
In Miyazaki he founded the "New Village", a community where all worked and helped one another.
He published the novel Friendship.
He founded a new "New Village" in Saitama.
He received the Order of Culture; he was also loved for paintings of vegetables and such with short sayings.
He died.
Saitō MokichiShiga NaoyaTakehisa YumejiKitahara HakushūOsugi SakaeHiratsuka RaichōMatsui SumakoYamada Kōsaku
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
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