On this day 158 years ago, on February 9, 1867 (January 5, 1867 lunar calendar), Japanese writer Natsume Soseki was born. Natsume Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) is a modern Japanese writer. His real name is Natsume Kinosuke, born on February 9, 1867 (the third year of the Keikyo calendar), a native of Tokyo. In 1890, at the age of 23, Natsume Soseki entered the English Department of the University of Liberal Arts at Tokyo Imperial University. He achieved remarkable results and published academic papers from time to time. Therefore, as soon as he graduated from university in 1893, he successfully entered the Tokyo Higher Normal School under the recommendation of the president. In 1900, he went to England to study for two years. In 1903, he returned to Japan and served as a professor of English at the First Higher School and a lecturer in English literature at the University of Tokyo. He often wrote haiku and essays for the "Cuckoo" magazine In 1905, at the age of 38, he published the short story "I Am a Cat" in (Rhododendron) magazine, which was well received and serialized again and again at the request of readers. Inspired by this, Natsume Soseki had the power to create, and the next ten years were the peak period of his creation. Then the novellas "Brother", "Hotel" and the collection of short stories "Yangxuji" came out one after another, and Natsume Soseki jumped to become a well-known writer in the Japanese literary world. In 1907, he resigned from his teaching position and engaged in professional writing to write serialized novels for the Asahi Shimbun. The novel "Yumei Grass", which explores the issue of love and inheritance, began to be serialized, and then the trilogy of "Sanshiro", "After" and "Door" was published one after another. Shortly after the publication of "Door", in time for the Great Contra Incident to hit the cultural world, his creation changed from Representative works include the trilogy "After the Spring Equinox", "Pedestrian", and "Heart". His last works in his life were the autobiographical novel "Micao" and the unfinished "Light and Dark". In 1911, he refused to accept the title of doctor awarded by the government. In 1916, he died of a stomach ulcer. After his death, Natsume Soseki donated his brain and stomach to the Medical Department of Tokyo Imperial University. His brain is still preserved at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, his head was printed on a 1,000 yen note.