Background
He was born in 1880 in Osaka. Pseudonym: Baike.
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Yoshijiro Takasu
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also known as
Baike
Education
Career
He started off his literary career by becoming manager of three newspapers: Kokumin Shimbun, Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun, and Niroku Shimbun. He began publishing a magazine of his own, New Criticism (1914) for which he wrote articles on culture. He established the New Eastern Society (1928) and began research in Confucianism. He died while a professor of Nihon University. Is well-known fo r his two works: "Twelve Lectures on Eastern Thought" and "Twelve Lectures on Japanese Modern Literature."
