Saneatsu Mushanokōji (武者小路 実篤(實篤), Mushanokōji Saneatsu, 12 May 1885– 9 April 1976) was the pen name of a novelist, playwright, poet, artist and philosopher in late Taishō and Showa period Japan. He was also sometimes known as Mushakōji Saneatsu, other pen-names included Musha and Futo-o.
Born in Tokyo as the 8th son of Viscount Mushanokōji Sanezane, Saneatsu’s father died when he was age 2, and he was raised largely by his mother. Saneatsu was v...
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Saneatsu Mushanokōji (武者小路 実篤(實篤), Mushanokōji Saneatsu, 12 May 1885– 9 April 1976) was the pen name of a novelist, playwright, poet, artist and philosopher in late Taishō and Showa period Japan. He was also sometimes known as Mushakōji Saneatsu, other pen-names included Musha and Futo-o.
Born in Tokyo as the 8th son of Viscount Mushanokōji Sanezane, Saneatsu’s father died when he was age 2, and he was raised largely by his mother. Saneatsu was very frail and sickly as a youth, and unable to compete in physical activities in the Peers’ School. To compensate, he developed his debating skills, and began to develop an interest in literature. While at the Peers’ School, he became friends with Shiga Naoya. His uncle introduced him to the Bible and the works of Tolstoy. He enrolled in the philosophy department of Tokyo Imperial University, but left without graduating in 1907 to form a literary group with Kinoshita Rigen, Shiga Naoya, Arishima Takeo and Ogimachi Kinzaku called Jūkokakai (The...
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