Hōgetsu Shimamura (February 28, 1871 - November 5, 1918[1]) was a Japanese critic, novelist and leader of Shingeki.[2] His real name is Takitaro (滝太郎). He was born in Shimane Prefecture.[3] He graduated from Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō. In 1902 he studied abroad in the United Kingdom and Germany.[4] In 1906, he founded the Bungei Kyōkai (文芸協会) with Tsubouchi Shoyo. He presided over Waseda Bungaku (早稲田文学) and was active in the naturalistic literary movement. In 1913, he established the Geijutsu-za theatre troupe with Sumako Matsui. His main works are Shinbijigaku (新美辞学), Kindai Bungei no Kenkyu (近代文芸之研究) and so on.[5]