Takaaki Yoshimoto

Takaaki Yoshimoto (吉本 隆明, Yoshimoto Takaaki?, 25 November 1924 – 16 March 2012) also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, was a Japanese poet, literary critic, and philosopher from Tokyo. He is the father of Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto and of cartoonist Yoiko Haruno.

Read more about Takaaki Yoshimoto:  Early Life, As A Father Figure To The New Left, From The 1980s, Philosophy and Reception