# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kitamura-tokoku
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:45:11.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kitamura-tokoku"
name: "Kitamura Tokoku"
slug: "kitamura-tokoku"
description: "Kitamura Tōkoku  was the pen name of Kitamura Montarō (北村門太郎), a Japanese poet and essayist. He was one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement. Before dawn on 16 May 1894, Tokoku hanged himself in his garden at his home near Shiba Park in Tokyo. His grave is at the temple of Zuisho-ji in Shirokane, Tokyo."
tagline: "Japanese literary critic and poet (1868-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kitamura_Tokoku.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1868-12-29"
deathDate: "1894-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.474952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%9D%91%E9%80%8F%E8%B0%B7"
    title: "北村透谷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_Tokoku"
    title: "Kitamura Tokoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Кітамура Такоку"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_T%C5%8Dkoku"
    title: "Kitamura Tōkoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_T%C5%8Dkoku"
    title: "Kitamura Tōkoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_Tokoku"
    title: "Kitamura Tokoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_Tokoku"
    title: "Kitamura Tokoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "کیتامورا توکوکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkoku_Kitamura"
    title: "Tōkoku Kitamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_T%C3%B3koku"
    title: "Kitamura Tókoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A1_%D5%8F%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Կիտամուրա Տոկոկու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitamura_T%C5%8Dkoku"
    title: "Kitamura Tōkoku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%9D%91%E9%80%8F%E8%B0%B7"
    title: "北村透谷"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3"
    title: "კიტამურა ტოკოკუ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%ED%83%80%EB%AC%B4%EB%9D%BC_%EB%8F%84%EC%BD%94%EC%BF%A0"
    title: "기타무라 도코쿠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkoku_Kitamura"
    title: "Tōkoku Kitamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Китамура, Тококу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064340"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump