Ueda Akinari, Japanese Author(1734-1809)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Ueda Akinari
• Also known as: Ueda Shūsei
• Birth: July 25, 1734, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Death: August 8, 1809, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
• Language: Japanese
• Who he was: Japanese author; Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Rain and the Moon); Harusame Monogatari (Tales of Spring Rain)

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