Background
Masakoto Kimura was born on May 1, 1827.
Masakoto Kimura was born on May 1, 1827.
Masakoto Kimura taught for awhile as professor at Tokyo University and then at Tokyo Normal Higher School, which he left to devote full time to writing (1893). A member of Tokyo Academy, he was well versed in both Japanese and Chinese classics and an authority on Manyd-shu anthology. He wrote many books on the subject.