Ikuma Arishima

Ikuma Arishima
Arishima Ikuma
Arishima Ikuma
Born(1882-11-26)26 November 1882
Yokohama, Japan
Died15 September 1974(1974-09-15) (aged 91)
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationWriter, artist
Genreshort stories, novels, essays
Literary movementShirakaba

Ikuma Arishima (有島 生馬, Arishima Ikuma, November 26, 1882 – September 15, 1974) was the pen-name of Arishima Mibuma, a Japanese novelist and painter active in the Taishō and Shōwa period. He also used Utosei and then Jugatsutei as alternative pen names.