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Shinichi Ikejiri | |
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Born | 1908 Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan |
Died | 1945 Indonesia |
Occupation | Writer and physician |
Genre | Essays |
Notable works | Itameru 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.