Kitamura Tokoku

Kitamura Tōkoku
Born(1868-12-29)29 December 1868
Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
Died16 May 1894(1894-05-16) (aged 25)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
Literary movementRomanticism

Kitamura Tōkoku (北村 透谷; 29 December 1868 – 16 May 1894) was the pen name of Kitamura Montarō (北村門太郎), a Japanese poet and essayist. He was one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement.