Misao Fujimura
Misao Fujimura | |
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Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School Tōyō Univ. Keihoku High School |
Misao Fujimura (藤村 操, Fujimura Misao, July 20, 1886 – May 22, 1903) was a Japanese philosophy student and poet, largely remembered due to his farewell poem.
Biography
Fujimura was born in
He later traveled to
The story was soon sensationalized in contemporary newspapers, and was commented upon by the famed writer Natsume Sōseki, an English teacher at Fujimura's high school. Sōseki later wrote on his death in Kusamakura.
Poem
Japanese | Translation in English |
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巌頭之感 |
Thoughts on the precipice |
References
- ^ Suicide Note Archived 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
土門公記(Domon Kouki): 藤村操の手紙-華厳の滝に眠る16歳のメッセージ. Shimotsuke Shimbunsha, 2002,