Ueda Akinari or Ueda Shūsei (上田 秋成, July 25, 1734 in Osaka – August 8, 1809 in Kyoto) was a Japanese author, scholar and waka poet, and a prominent literary...

旺成, born 1994), Japanese footballer Akinari Matsuno (松野 秋鳴, 1979–2011), Japanese light novel author Ueda Akinari (上田 秋成, 1734–1809), Japanese writer and...

first published in 1776. It is the best known work of Japanese author Ueda Akinari. Largely adapted from traditional Japanese and Chinese ghost stories...

to Lane, "the last important ukiyo-zōshi was written by Akinari." An Osaka native, Ueda Akinari mainly wrote supernatural tales later in life, but at the...

from Ueda Akinari's 1776 book Ugetsu Monogatari, combining elements of the jidaigeki (period drama) genre with a ghost story. Drawing from Ueda's tales...

Spring Rain") is the second famous collection of Japanese stories by Ueda Akinari after the Ugetsu Monogatari ("Tales of Moonlight and Rain"). The collection...

was satirized in the story "The Destiny That Spanned Two Lifetimes" by Ueda Akinari, in which such a monk was found centuries later and resuscitated. The...

in developing the yomihon. Another early pioneer of the yomihon was Ueda Akinari, with his Ugetsu Monogatari and Harusame Monogatari. Kyokutei Bakin wrote...

Suikoden (水滸伝, Water Margin). Two yomihon masterpieces were written by Ueda Akinari (1734–1809): Ugetsu Monogatari and Harusame Monogatari. Kyokutei Bakin...

26, 1861 – March 28, 1930) Ueda Akinari (July 25, 1734 – August 8, 1809) Ueda Makoto (writer on poetry) (1931–2020) Ueda Makoto (writer on architecture)...