Riichi Yokomitsu (横光 利一, Yokomitsu Riichi, 17 March 1898 – 30 December 1947) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.^[1]

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Riichi Yokomitsu 横光 利一
Riichi in 1928
Born	(1898-03-17)17 March 1898 Higashiyama Onsen, Fukushima, Japan
Died	30 December 1947(1947-12-30) (aged 49)
Occupation	Novelist, short-story writer
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Waseda University
Genre	Fiction
Notable works	The Sun (日輪, Nichirin, 1923) Machine (機械, Kikai, 1930) Shanghai (上海, Shanhai, 1931)

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Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi ("Street") and Tō ("Tower") after entering Waseda University in 1916. In 1923, he published Nichirin ("The Sun"), Hae ("A Fly") and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular. The following year he started the magazine Bungei-Jidai with Yasunari Kawabata and others. Yokomitsu and others involved in Bungei-Jidai were known collectively as the Shinkankakuha, or the New Sensation School, with a particular interest in sensation and scientific objectivity.^[2]