Mokutaro Kinoshita Writer
Mokutarō Kinoshita (木下 杢太郎, Kinoshita Mokutarō, August 1, 1885 - October 15, 1945) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, Dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic, as well as a licensed doctor specializing in dermatology during Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. His other pen names included Horikason (堀花村)、Chikaisshakusei (地下一尺生), Sounan (葱南) and others. As professor of dermatology and a noted leprosy researcher, he served at four universities (South Manchuria Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Tohoku Imperial University, Tokyo Imperial University.)
