Shimazaki Tson is one of several writers who laid the foundation of modern poetry and fiction in the development of modern Japanese literature. During his long career he produced representative works of Japanese Romanticism, Japanese Naturalism, and...

(1872–1943), poet and novelist. Shimazaki Toson is the pen name of Shimazaki Haruki. Born in Magome in Nagano Prefecture, Toson worked as a teacher before turning exclusively to writing. Early in his career, Toson wrote "new style...

TSUBAKI BY AKI SHIMAZAKI The rain has been falling since mother died., So begins Aki Shimazaki's understated, poignant short novel, Tsubaki. A story nestled within a story, Namiko finally learns about her mother's personal experiences prior to and following the dropping of the...

Rudolph P. Tosone of Quincy, owner of A. Tosone & Sons of Braintree, a ceramic tile contracting business established by his father, died of a heart attack yesterday in Quincy City Hospital. He was 56. Mr. Tosone was born in South Boston, graduated...