Tayama Katai (pen name of Tayama Rokuya). Born Dec. 13, 1871, in Tatebayashi, Gumma Prefecture; died May 13, 1930. Japanese writer. Tayama’s first works were romantic lyrics, published in the collectionLyric Poetry(1897). In the article “The Plain Picture” (1904), he established the...
The Essay "Tokyo no 30 nen" (30 years of Tokyo), written by Katai Tayama, is said to his recollections of the Literary World of Meiji-Taisho Era. In this essay, Author Katai wrote not only his own process of growth as novel writer, but also appearances of streets of Tokyo, air of ...