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Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in meiji period japan (1867-1902).
Born September 17th, 1867 in Matsuyama.
Died September 19th, 1902 at 35 years old in Negishi (tuberculosis).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon