Hōmei Iwano

was a Japanese writer.

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Iwano wanted to become a Christian missionary, but he finally ended up as a literature expert. After some unsuccessful poetry books and kabuki dramas, he published poetical dramas (''Shintaishi no sahō'', 1907; ''Shintaishi shi'', 1907–08) and analyses of literature (''Shimpiteki hanjū shugi'', 1906; ''Shin shizen shugi'', 1908). From 1909 on, he wrote some autobiographical novels like ''Tandeki'' (1909) and ''Hōmei gobusaku'' (1911).

He translated Plutarch. Provided by Wikipedia