Takuboku Ishikawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Takuboku Ishikawa

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1886

Place of Birth: Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1912

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, tanka poet

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Takuboku Ishikawa (?? ??, Ishikawa Takuboku, February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) was a Japanese poet.
He died of tuberculosis.
Well known as both a tanka and "modern-style" (???, shintaishi) or "free-style" (???, jiyushi) poet, he began as a member of the Myojo group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism.