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Ichiyō Higuchi

Japanese writer.

Born May 2nd, 1872 in Tokyo.

Died November 23rd, 1896 at 24 years old in Uchisaiwaichō (tuberculosis).

Occupations
novelist, tanka poet, writer

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson