Mori Ōgai was a Japanese physician, translator, novelist and poet. Gan is considered his major work. Mori was born as Mori Rintarō in Tsuwano, Iwami province . His family were hereditary physicians to the daimyō of the Tsuwano Domain. As the eldest son, it was assumed that he would carry on the family tradition; therefore he was sent to attend classes in the Confucian classics at the domain academy, and took private lessons in rangaku, and in the Dutch language. In 1872, after the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of the domains, the Mori family relocated to Tokyo. Mori... stayed at the residence of Nishi Amane, in order to receive tutoring in the German language, which was the primary language for medical education at the time. In 1874, he was admitted to the government medical school , and graduated in 1881 at the age of 19, the youngest person ever to be awarded a medical license in Japan.
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| Birthdate: | February 17, 1862 |
| Birthplace: | Tsuwano |
| Date of death: | July 8, 1922 |
| Education: | University of Tokyo |
| Also known as: | Dr. Mori Ogai, Ōgai Mori, Ōgai Mori |