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Kido Okamoto

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Kido Okamoto

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Full Name: Keiji Okamoto
Born: October 15, 1872
Tokyo, Japan
Died: March 1, 1939
Occupation: Reporter, Playwright, Author
Nationality: Japanese
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Biography

Born just after Japan transitioned from the Shogunate to Meiji, Kido grew up in a samurai-oriented world being transformed by the West in many ways. As a reporter he covered domestic developments and overseas wars, while also marrying a traditional geisha, eventually becoming a playwright and author. In addition to a number of well-received plays, he also penned more than fifty horror stories over a roughly ten-year period starting in the mid-1920s. Just prior to this period, the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 destroyed almost everything in Tokyo that remained from the Edo era, and Japanese horror itself was transitioning from the traditional uncanny stories to more modern horror structures.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

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