Izumi Kyōka (泉 鏡花, Izumi Kyōka, 4 November 1873 – 7 September 1939), real name Kyōtarō Izumi (泉 鏡太郎, Izumi Kyōtarō), was a Japanese author of novels, short stories, and kabuki plays who was active during the prewar period. He is also considered one of the supreme stylists in modern Japanese literature, and the difficulty and richness of his prose has been frequently noted by fellow authors and critics. Like Natsume Sōseki and other Japanese authors with pen names, Kyōka is usually known by his pen name rather than his real given name.