Usui Kojima

Background

Usui Kojima was bom in Takamatsu City (Kagawa Prefecture) in 1975. Original personal name: Kyuta.

Education

Usui Kojima studied at Yokohama Higher Commercial School.

Career

After graduating from Yokohama Higher Commercial School, Usui Kojima joined the Yokohama Specie Bank and was sent to America (1915). Upon his return he wrote a colorful account of his travels, which immediately established him as a writer (1927). He was very popular among the younger generation. Usui Kojima was also a skillful Ukiyoe painter.

Achievements

• Usui Kojima was also known for amassing a collection of over 900 ukiyo-e prints and establishing Japan's first mountaineering society.
  
  

Interests

• Painting, mountaineering