Ogai Mori
Military surgeon, novelist, and translator who introduced German Romanticism to Japan. His historical fiction and early autobiographical novels reflect the tensions between tradition and modernity in Meiji Japan.
Works
- The Wild GooseNovella about a young intellectual's spiritual crisis and retreat from society
- Vita SexualisExperimental autobiographical narrative exploring human sexuality and development
- MaihimeTale of a dancer-turned-concubine caught between love and social obligation in Germany
- Sancho DayuHistorical narrative about conflicting personal and political loyalties in Japan
- The Incident at SakaiAccount of a climactic battle and its impact on Japanese feudal society