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Fubō Hayashi: 1 works in the original Japanese, with translation

Fubō Hayashi (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa, 17 January 1900 – 29 June 1935) was a Japanese novelist and translator of the early Shōwa period. Writing across various genres under numerous pen names, each with a distinct personality, he caused a sensation with the brilliance of his fiction, non-fiction and translations.

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根津権現 丹下左膳

Nezu Gongen is the Nezu Shrine in Hongō, Edo, which enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto and other deities. In the Edo period the area around the shrine was a downtown quarter (shitamachi) where townspeople lived, and the author uses this setting for the location of the Onozuka dōjō.