Deaths in the 1950s

Tomitaro Makino

1862–1957 (age 95)

Yanaka Cemetery

Michio Miyagi

1894–1956 (age 62)

Yanaka Cemetery

Japanese composer whose innovative works bridged traditional and contemporary musical forms.

Yokoyama Taikan

1868–1958 (age 90)

Yanaka Cemetery

Николай (Оно)

1872–1956 (age 84)

Yanaka Cemetery

Lev Nikolaevich Shapovalov (1872-1956) was a Moscow-born Russian who lived through both Imperial and Soviet periods befo...

Namihei Odaira

1874–1951 (age 77)

Yanaka Cemetery

Shigetō Hozumi

1883–1951 (age 68)

Yanaka Cemetery

Japanese politician whose career contributed to Japan's governance and policy development in the early twentieth century...

Miura Kinnosuke

1864–1950 (age 86)

Yanaka Cemetery

Hiroshi Kimura

1888–1952 (age 64)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese surgeon whose medical expertise contributed to the advancement of healthcare in early twentieth century Japan.

Kuniaki Koiso

1880–1950 (age 70)

Aoyama Cemetery

Shigenori Tōgō

1882–1950 (age 68)

Aoyama Cemetery

Japanese politician whose leadership contributed to Japan's national policy and political development.

Kōjirō Matsukata

1865–1950 (age 85)

Aoyama Cemetery

Mikimoto Kōkichi

1858–1954 (age 96)

Aoyama Cemetery

Japanese engineer whose innovations in pearl cultivation revolutionized the global pearl industry.

Kazukiyo Ogawa

1892–1958 (age 66)

Tama Cemetery

Hitoshi Ashida

1887–1959 (age 72)

Sōji-ji Temple

Hitoshi Ashida (1887–1959) was a prominent Japanese writer of the modern era.

Itō Chūta

1867–1954 (age 87)

Sōji-ji Temple

Hisa Hoshina

1874–1954 (age 80)

Shōkoku-ji Temple

Hisa Hoshina (1874–1954) was associated with Shōkoku-ji Temple.

Sōjin Kamiyama

1884–1954 (age 70)

Aoyama Cemetery

Mokichi Saitō

1882–1953 (age 71)

Aoyama Cemetery

Mokichi Saitō (1882–1953) was an influential Japanese writer.

Nakamura Kichiemon I

1886–1954 (age 68)

Aoyama Cemetery

Thomas Baty

1869–1954 (age 85)

Aoyama Cemetery

Thomas Baty (1869–1954) was a British writer and scholar in Japan.

Honda Seiroku

1866–1952 (age 86)

Aoyama Cemetery

Tsuru Sugita

1882–1957 (age 75)

Aoyama Cemetery

Tsuru Sugita (1882–1957) was a pioneering Japanese pediatrician.

Sophia Arabella Irwin Jr.

1884–1957 (age 73)

Aoyama Cemetery

Kōichi Matsubara

1872–1955 (age 83)

Aoyama Cemetery

Kōichi Matsubara (1872–1955) was a prominent Japanese chemist.

Teisuke Akiyama

1868–1950 (age 82)

Gokoku-ji Temple

Kafū Nagai

1879–1959 (age 80)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Kafū Nagai (1879–1959) was one of Japan's most celebrated modern writers.

Hakutei Ishii

1882–1958 (age 76)

Gokoku-ji Temple

Kosugi Tengai

1865–1952 (age 87)

Kenchō-ji Temple

Kosugi Tengai (1865–1952) was a notable Japanese writer.

Toshikata Sano

1880–1956 (age 76)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Tadaoki Yamamoto

1881–1951 (age 70)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Tadaoki Yamamoto (1881–1951) was a prominent Japanese educator.

Ichirō Yamano

1899–1958 (age 59)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Haruo Hayashi

1874–1952 (age 78)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Haruo Hayashi (1874–1952) was a respected Japanese physician.

Motoko Hani

1873–1957 (age 84)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Kiichirō Toyoda

1894–1952 (age 58)

Nittai-ji Temple

Japanese entrepreneur and business innovator of the early twentieth century.

Tsumasaburō Bandō

1901–1953 (age 52)

Nison-in Temple

Takashi Nagai

1908–1951 (age 43)

Sakamoto International Cemetery

Japanese writer whose literary works reflected the complexities of mid-twentieth century Japan.

Empress Teimei

1884–1951 (age 67)

Musashi Imperial Graveyard

Shūmei Ōkawa

1886–1957 (age 71)

Ryūsen-ji Temple

Prolific Japanese writer and intellectual whose works engaged with twentieth-century Japanese culture and society.

Ryūtarō Hirota

1892–1952 (age 60)

Zenshō-an Temple

Люри, Мейер Моисеевич

1881–1954 (age 73)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

Eastern European figure whose life was connected to the international community of Yokohama.

Cyril Montague Birnie

1868–1958 (age 90)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

Huisheng

1938–1957 (age 19)

Nakayama Shrine

Huisheng was a Chinese individual who lived briefly in mid-20th century China, born and dying in medical circumstances i...

Keita Gotō

1882–1959 (age 77)

Kuhonbutsu Jōshin-ji Temple

Morimasa Itagaki

1900–1951 (age 51)

Fuji Cemetery

Japanese playwright whose dramatic works enriched twentieth-century Japanese theater.

Ichizō Kobayashi

1873–1957 (age 84)

Taikō-ji Temple

Yuriko Miyamoto

1899–1951 (age 52)

Kodaira Cemetery

Distinguished Japanese writer whose works engaged with social themes and human experience.

Sakae Kubo

1900–1958 (age 58)

Kodaira Cemetery

Ikuo Oyama

1880–1955 (age 75)

Kodaira Cemetery

Japanese politician whose career encompassed the transformative early twentieth-century period.

Tadashi Yanada

1883–1959 (age 76)

Kodaira Cemetery

Manabu Sano

1892–1953 (age 61)

Kodaira Cemetery

Japanese educator whose teaching career fostered intellectual and moral development.