Background
Ogawa Bimei was born in Takada City, Niigata Prefecture, 1882.
Ogawa Bimei was born in Takada City, Niigata Prefecture, 1882.
Ogawa Bimei graduated from Waseda University, where he studied English literature (1905).
Ogawa Bimei made his debut as a novelist with his "The Wanderer" at the age of 23. He started as a writer of naturalism, then turned to humanitarianism and socialism. He wrote many children's stories in the interval, which are collected in six volumes.