Early Life
A native of Odawara city, Kanagawa Prefecture he was interested in liberal politics at an early age, and played a minor role in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement. He attended the Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō (which later became Waseda University), but was expelled due to his radical political views. After almost a year of vigorous political activities, he started questioning the purpose of the movement and left to become a writer.
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