Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Natsume Sōseki across 4 places, from 1900 to 1906.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Natsume Sōseki (born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助); 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916) was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Natsume Sōseki is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Natsume Sōseki was documented, and when
1900year
Englandattested“In 1900, the Japanese Ministry of Education ordered Sōseki to study in England for two years as the country's first English literary scholar.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
1902year
Japanattested“The Ministry of Education, alarmed by a telegram stating "Natsume has gone mad," ordered him to return to Japan in late 1902.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
January 1903month
Londonattested“Sōseki later summed up the experience: "The two years I spent in London was the most miserable time of my life." Sōseki returned to Japan in January 1903.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
January 1903month
Japanattested“Sōseki later summed up the experience: "The two years I spent in London was the most miserable time of my life." Sōseki returned to Japan in January 1903.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
1906year
Tokyo Cityattested“At his home in Tokyo, Sōseki presided over a literary circle known as the Thursday Salon (Mokuyōkai), which met every week from 1906 until his death.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
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1879year
Tokyo Citymentioned“After demonstrating early academic brilliance in primary school, he entered Tokyo Metropolitan First Middle School in 1879.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
1893year
Tokyo Citymentioned“After graduating in 1893, Sōseki took up several teaching posts in Tokyo but was deeply unhappy.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
1894year
Kamakuramentioned“This period of uncertainty culminated in a two-week stay at a Zen temple in Kamakura in the winter of 1894–95, though the experience failed to bring him the clarity he sought.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
1895year
Matsuyamamentioned“In 1895, driven by frustration and what his wife Kyōko later described as turmoil from a broken heart, he abruptly resigned his jobs and moved to a teaching position at a middle school in Matsuyama, Shikoku, a post he took to "bury himse…”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
June 1896month
Tokyo Citymentioned“After a formal meeting in Tokyo, they were married in Kumamoto in June 1896, where Sōseki had taken a more prestigious position at the Fifth Higher School.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
June 1896month
Kumamotomentioned“After a formal meeting in Tokyo, they were married in Kumamoto in June 1896, where Sōseki had taken a more prestigious position at the Fifth Higher School.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
Shuzenji Onsenmentioned“In August 1910, while working on The Gate, Sōseki suffered a massive hemorrhage from his chronic stomach ulcers while on a trip to Shuzenji Hot Springs.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
1912 to 1914period
Londonmentioned“These episodes were particularly acute after his return from London and again from 1912 to 1914.”source: Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki
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