The Life of Natsume Soseki

timeline "The Life of Natsume Soseki (1867–1916)" {
    title "The Life of Natsume Soseki";
    unit year;
    range 1867..1917;
    calendar proleptic_gregorian;
}

lane "Life" as life { kind custom; order 10; }
lane "Career & Teaching" as career { kind custom; order 20; }
lane "Works" as works { kind custom; order 30; }

span life 1867..1916 "Soseki's Life" {};
event life 1867 "Born in Ushigome, Edo (given name: Kinnosuke)" {};
event life 1888 "Enrolled in the First Higher Middle School" {};
event life 1896 "Married Nakane Kyoko" {};
event life 1907 "Joined the Asahi Shimbun (became a professional writer)" {};
event life 1910 "Near-death illness in Shuzenji" {};
event life 1916 "Died of stomach ulcer (age 49)" {};

event career 1890 "Enrolled in the English Literature dept., Imperial University" {};
event career 1893 "Graduated; became a teacher at the Tokyo Higher Normal School" {};
event career 1895 "English teacher at Matsuyama Middle School (setting of Botchan)" {};
span career 1900..1903 "Studied in London (Ministry of Education scholarship)" {};
event career 1903 "Lecturer in English Literature, Tokyo Imperial University" {};

event works 1905 "Began serializing 'I Am a Cat'" {};
event works 1906 "'Botchan', 'Kusamakura'" {};
event works 1908 "'Sanshiro'" {};
event works 1909 "'And Then'" {};
event works 1910 "'The Gate'" {};
event works 1914 "'Kokoro'" {};
event works 1915 "'Grass on the Wayside'" {};
event works 1916 "'Light and Darkness' (unfinished, final work)" {};