Background
Jitsuzo Shiraishi was born in 1886 in Gumma, Japan.
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Jitsuzo Shiraishi
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Education
Jitsuzo Shiraishi graduated from English Literature Course Waseda University, and then from the Russian Language Course, Tokyo Foreign Language School.
Career
Jitsuzo Shiraishi was a disciple of Katai Tayama, a novelist of naturalism, he made his debut with Chokei (The Eldest Brother) (1910). His position as a writer was established with publication of Kaeranu Kako (The Irretrievable Past) (1918). He made a topographical study of Musashino Plain (wooded plains around Tokyo), and wrote Musashino Junrei (1811-1880) (Pilgrimage of Musashino) and Musa shino-kara Dai Tolcyo-e (From Musashino To Greater Tokyo).
