page_title: Futabatei Shimei
hierarchical_section_title: Futabatei Shimei
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭四迷, 1864 – 1909)
context_page_description: Futabatei Shimei was a Japanese author, translator, and literary critic. Born Hasegawa Tatsunosuke in Edo, Futabatei's works are in the realist style popular in the mid- to late-19th century. His work Ukigumo is widely hailed as Japan's first modern novel.
context_section_description: Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭 四迷, 4 April 1864 – 10 May 1909) was a Japanese author, translator, and literary critic. Born Hasegawa Tatsunosuke (長谷川 辰之助) in Edo (now Tokyo), Futabatei's works are in the realist style popular in the mid- to late-19th century. His work Ukigumo (Floating Clouds, 1887) is widely hailed as Japan's first modern novel.
caption: Futabatei Shimei
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