Taizo Fujimoto

Taizo Fujimoto (Japanese: 藤本泰三) (b. 1869), was a Japanese author and proprietor of the Eibunsha.

Life

He was the oldest son of Shunma Fujimoto, and was born in Kochi city in February 1869. He graduated from the Tokyo First High Middle School, and then studied at the law college of the Tokyo Imperial University for two years. He subsequently served as a middle school English teacher, an English editor in publishing, an importing and exporting manager and a foreign firm's sectional chief. In October 1899, he married Yoshiko, eldest daughter of Giichiro Koide, lawyer and chairman of the Tokushima Municipal Assembly.

Works

The Nightside of Japan

The Nightside of Japan is a book by Taizo Fujimoto, published in October 1914 by T Werner Laurie in London.

The book was reviewed by The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Review of Books, The Asiatic Review, The Bookman, The Argonaut, The Nation, The Lancet and The Tatler.

The Story of the Geisha Girl

The Story of the Geisha Girl is a book by Taizo Fujimoto, published in 1917.

The book was reviewed by The Asiatic Review, The Nation, and The Era.

References

  1. 1 2 Yasujiro Ishikawa. "Fujimoto, Taizo". The Who's Who in Japan. Fifth Annual Edition. The Who's Who in Japan Publishing Department: The Keiseisha. No 15, 2-chome, Owari-cho, Ginza, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo. Preface dated May 1916. pp 64 & 65.
  2. ↑ Scan
  3. ↑ The Times Literary Supplement. 3 December 1914. p 538. Index.
  4. ↑ "Japan to America". The New York Times Review of Books. 13 December 1914. Section 7. p 561. See also 11 October 1914.
  5. ↑ Shosanken, "9. The Nightside of Japan" in "The Far East" in "Supplement: Our Review of Books". The Asiatic Review. 15 May 1915. p 452.
  6. ↑ "History, Biography & Travel". The Bookman Christmas Double Number 1914. The Bookman Christmas Supplement. Christmas 1914. p 77.
  7. ↑ "The Nightside of Japan" (1915) 76 The Argonaut 57 (No 1974: 23 January 1915)
  8. ↑ "Notes" (1915) 101 The Nation 754 (No 2634: 23 December 1915)
  9. ↑ "Miscellaneous Volumes", The Lancet, No 4768: 16 January 1915, p 136.
  10. ↑ Richard King, "Japan" in "With Silent Friends". The Tatler. No 699: 18 November 1914. p 154.
  11. ↑ H L Joly. "Some Recent Books on Japan". The Asiatic Review. 2 July 1917. p 71 at p 81.
  12. ↑ "Books in Brief" (1919) 109 The Nation 614 at 617 (No 2863: 8 November 1919)
  13. ↑ "Book Talk". The Era. (vol 80, no 4094). 7 March 1917. p 7.