Shinichi Ikejiri

Shinichi Ikejiri
Born1908
Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan
Died1945
Indonesia
OccupationWriter and physician
GenreEssays
Notable worksItameru Ashi, Gun-i Tensen Oboegaki

Shinichi Ikejiri (池尻 愼一, Ikejiri Shin'ichi, 1908–1945), pen name Shinichi Ōra (邑楽 慎一, Ōra Shin'ichi), was a physician for Hansen's disease patients at Kaishun Hospital of Hannah Riddell and Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium and a writer. His book Itameru Ashi (Diseased Reeds) sold well. He was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in 1937 and again in 1941, and shot dead in Indonesia in 1945.