Tokyo in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 13 people and 22 moments here, from 1919 to 1937. The most recorded lives are Yasunari Kawabata, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Hirohito.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1922
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Eisaku Satō
in 1924
1 moment here
Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…
Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1922
1 moment here
American architect, designer, writer, and educator whose career spanned more than seven decades.…
Helen Keller
in 1937
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Hirohito
from 1923 to 1932
2 moments here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Huang Xianfan
in 1935
1 moment here
Huang Xianfan was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, and pioneer of field research on minority peoples in Guangxi and neighboring…
Joan Fontaine
in 1935
1 moment here
British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
Momoko Kōchi
in 1932
1 moment here
Japanese film, stage, and television actress, born Momoko Ōkōchi. She became widely known for playing Emiko Yamane in Godzilla (1954), later worked…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1924
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
from 1919 to 1927
4 moments here
Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…
Yasunari Kawabata
from 1920 to 1929
4 moments here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Yosano Akiko
from 1921 to 1927
2 moments here
Japanese poet, author, educator, feminist, and social reformer. Born Hō Shō in Sakai, she became known as Yosano Akiko after her marriage to poet…
Yukio Mishima
from 1925 to 1931
2 moments here
Yukio Mishima, born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, actor, and political activist.…
Moments
- 1919 Returned to the Tabata home Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1920 Entered Tokyo Imperial University Yasunari Kawabata
- 1921 Relationship in Hongo Yasunari Kawabata
- 1921 Founding Bunka Gakuin Yosano Akiko
- 1921 Departed Tokyo for China Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1922 Lectures and receives imperial audience in Tokyo Albert Einstein
- 1922 At the Imperial Hotel during Tokyo earthquake Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1923 Joined the Tabata neighborhood vigil Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1923 Toranomon assassination attempt Hirohito
- 1924 Tokyo Imperial University graduation Eisaku Satō
- 1924 Lectures at Tokyo Imperial University Rabindranath Tagore
- 1925 Birth in Yotsuya Yukio Mishima
- 1927 Residence in Mabashi Yasunari Kawabata
- 1927 Move to Ogikubo Yosano Akiko
- 1927 Death at the Tabata home Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1929 Ueno residence and Asakusa visits Yasunari Kawabata
- 1931 Enrollment at Gakushūin Yukio Mishima
- 1932 Sakuradamon Incident Hirohito
- 1932 Birth in Yanaka Momoko Kōchi
- 1935 American School graduation Joan Fontaine
- 1935 Departed for Tokyo Imperial University Huang Xianfan
- 1937 First visit to Japan Helen Keller