Born into a sake-brewing family in Yanagawa, Fukuoka.
He went to Tokyo and studied at Waseda, later dropping out.
He joined Yosano Tekkan's poetry society and published in Myōjō.
He published the poetry collection Jashūmon (Heretics), which drew attention.
He published Omoide (Memories), poems recalling his hometown of Yanagawa.
He began publishing children's songs in the magazine Akai Tori, leaving many classics.
He wrote Karatachi no Hana (Trifoliate Orange Blossoms); later Kono Michi and many other songs were set to music by Yamada Kōsaku.
An eye disease weakened his sight, but he kept writing.
He died in Tokyo.
Yamada KōsakuHagiwara SakutarōNakayama Shinpei
Suzuki MiekichiSaitō MokichiShiga NaoyaTakehisa YumejiMushanokōji SaneatsuOsugi SakaeHiratsuka RaichōMatsui Sumako
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
Based on facts found in textbooks and biographies. Uncertain points are marked as such.