Kōda Rohan



Kōda Shigeyuki who used the pen name Kōda Rohan (Japanese: 幸田 露伴, 23 July 1867 – 30 July 1947) was a Japanese author in the Meiji period. His daughter, Aya Kōda, was also a noted author who often wrote about him.

Kōda wrote "The Icon of Liberty", also known as "The Buddha of Art" or "The Elegant Buddha", in 1889. A house (Kagyu-an or "snail cottage") in which Kōda lived was rebuilt in 1972 by the Meiji Mura museum. Kōda was one of the first persons to be awarded the Order of Culture when it was established in 1937.

Kōda Rohan, along with many other historical figures from the Meiji Restoration, plays a major role in the fantasy/historical fiction novel Teito Monogatari by Hiroshi Aramata.