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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.
Misao Fujimura | |
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| Born | 20 July 1886 Hokkaidō |
| Died | 22 May 1903 (aged 16) Nikkō, Tochigi |
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Education | Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School Tōyō Univ. Keihoku High School |
Fujimura was born in Hokkaidō. His grandfather was a former samurai of the Morioka Domain, and his father relocated to Hokkaidō after the Meiji Restoration as a director of the forerunner of Hokkaido Bank. Fujimura graduated from middle school in Sapporo, and then relocated to Tokyo where he attended a preparatory school for entry into Tokyo Imperial University.
He later traveled to Kegon Falls in Nikko, a famed scenic area, and wrote his farewell poem directly on the trunk of a tree before committing suicide.[1] His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.
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.
| Japanese | Translation in English |
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巌頭之感 |
Thoughts on the precipice |
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