Historical figures in Yamanashi

The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1683 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Matsuo Bashō, Akira Kurosawa and Ichirou Mizuki. Among them Writers and Artists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

1. Akira Kurosawa

   in 1956

   1 moment here

   Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…

2. Ichirou Mizuki

   in 1999

   1 moment here

   Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…

3. Junko Tabei

   in 2016

   1 moment here

   Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975 and the first woman to complete the Seven…

4. Matsuo Bashō

   in 1683

   1 moment here

   Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, renowned for haikai and for travel writing including Oku no Hosomichi.…

Moments

1. 1683 Refuge in Tanimura after the fire Matsuo Bashō
2. 1956 Throne of Blood production on Mount Fuji Akira Kurosawa
3. 1999 24-hour, 1,000-song live Ichirou Mizuki
4. 2016 Youth expedition on Mount Fuji Junko Tabei

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