About
Birthname: Shimazaki Haruki (島崎 春樹)
Birthplace: Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Death: August 22, 1943
Touson Shimazaki is a Japanese author, active in the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods of Japan. He began his career as a romantic poet, but went on to establish himself as a major proponent of naturalism in Japanese fiction.
(Source: Wikipedia)