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Mokutaro Kinoshita or Masao Ota | |
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 Mokutaro Kinoshita in 1934 | |
| Born | Masao Ota August 1, 1885 Itō, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Died | October 15, 1945 (aged 60) Tokyo, Japan |
| Pen name | Mokutaro Kinoshita |
| Occupation | Author and Physician (dermatologist), Professor of Dermatology (South Manchuria Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Tohoku Imperial University, Tokyo Imperial University |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Period | Taisho era and Showa era |
| Genre | Novels, dramas, poems, historian, translation, literary critic, scientific papers on infection, especially leprosy |
| Literary movement | Pan-no-kai (Romanticism) |
| Notable works | Izumiya Somemonoten, Nanbanjimonzen, Nevus of Ota |
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Mokutarō Kinoshita (木下 杢太郎, Kinoshita Mokutarō, August 1, 1885 – October 15, 1945) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic, as well as a licensed doctor specializing in dermatology during Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. His other pen names included Horikason (堀花村), Chikaisshakusei (地下一尺生), Sounan (葱南) and others. As professor of dermatology and a noted leprosy researcher, he served at four universities (South Manchuria Medical College, Aichi Medical College, Tohoku Imperial University, Tokyo Imperial University).