Full Name: Murasaki Shikibu Birth Date: c. 978 Death Date : c. 1016 Location: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Monument Type: Historic/Residence Murasaki Shikibu is known as the author of what is believed to be the first complete novel in the world, The Tale of Genji....
Born in 1943, Sadako Sasaki was just two years old when the American pilot Paul Tibbet flew his B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, over Hiroshima, Japan. On August 6, 1945, by order of then President Harry S. Truman, Paul and his crew dropped one of two atomic bombs over the...
Full Name: Yayoi Kusama Birth Date: 22 March 1929 Death Date (if known): Still Living as of March 2023 Location: Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan Monument Type: Historic/Residence “Great minds think alike!” A relatively common expression found in various...