Masao Kume: 1 works in the original Japanese, with translation
Masao Kume (23 November 1891 – 1 March 1952) was a Japanese popular playwright, novelist, and haiku poet under the pen-name Santei, active during the late Taishō and early Shōwa periods. His wife and the wife of Nagai Tatsuo were sisters, making them brothers-in-law.
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- 競漕Masao Kume · Intermediate
Cultural notes (selection)
大学の競漕会 競漕
Rowing (regatta racing) is a campus sport that entered Japan in the Meiji era. Universities and faculties often held intercollegiate competitions in spring; the contest between the literature, agriculture, law, engineering and medicine faculties described in the text is an inter-faculty competition within the university.