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Shūmei Ōkawa

Japanese nationalist intellectual (1886–1957).

Born December 6th, 1886 in Sakata.

Died December 24th, 1957 at 71 years old in Kominka Yamajū-tei (asthma).

Occupations
historian, journalist, linguist, translator, university teacher, writer

Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn