Akinari Ueda (1734–1809)

An adopted child, Ueda ran the family business before he became a full-time writer. In writing Ugetsu Monogatari, the gothic tales for which he is probably best known, he drew on both Chinese and Japanese classical traditions and produced a work known for its elegant diction. He was also respected as a waka poet and as a scholar of ancient Japanese literature. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Tales of Moonlight and Rain… (lisätietoja)