Michizō Tachihara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michizō Tachihara

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1914

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1939

Profession: writer, architect, poet

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Michizo Tachihara (????, Tachihara Michizo, July 30, 1914 – March 29, 1939) was a Japanese poet and architect.
He died at age 24 from tuberculosis, before either career could seriously get under way.
Michizo struggled to find a way for an urban poet to root himself in traditional customs and still be "modern." Though a citizen of Tokyo, Michizo would rarely mention modern urban scenes in his work.
Aside from several references to cars, Michizo chose to describe a vegetable, not a mineral realm.
He described trains as vehicles of escape, rescuing him from being cooped up in his architectural office. The natural landscapes of the Shinano Highlands provided an endless parade of conventional imagery that Michizo would use in his work; such as birds, clouds, flowers, grasses, mountains, skies, trees, and wind.
A sizable part of his poetry used poetic impulse, often causing his work to be labelled as "sentimental".
He wrote openly about his feelings and expressed what was in his heart, allowing his verse to be both uncontaminated and genuine. His Dharma name was Onkyoin Shiundo Norikiyo Shinshi (??????????).