Historical figures in Kyoto
The atlas holds 21 people and 58 moments here, from 973 to 1981. The most recorded lives are Matsuo Bashō, Murasaki Shikibu and Hideki Yukawa. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Educators, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Moments
- 1961 Kyoto residence while writing The Old Capital Yasunari Kawabata
- 1965 Second Mainichi Marathon victory Abebe Bikila
- 1968 Kōetsukai participation before Nobel trip Yasunari Kawabata
- 1968 Medical examination during Tora! Tora! Tora! production Akira Kurosawa
- 1972 Congress and lecture in Kyoto Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1975 Visiting professor at Kyoto University Alan MacDiarmid
- 1976 Japan itinerary including Kyoto Italo Calvino
- 1981 Death at home in Sakyo-ku Hideki Yukawa