Satarō Satō, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Satarō Satō

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1909

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1987

Profession: poet, tanka poet

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sataro Sato (?? ??? Sato Sataro; 13 November 1909 – 8 August 1987) was a Japanese tanka poet.
Before World War II, he studied under the great tanka poet Mokichi Saito and published in the important literary magazine Araragi.
He later became recognized as one of the first important postwar tanka poets, participating in the annual poetry gathering at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the Utakai Hajime, and helping to found the Modern Tanka Poets' Association.
He was also an accomplished essayist, critic and calligrapher.