Born into a prominent family at Isohara, Ibaraki (Kitaibaraki).
He entered the Tokyo Senmon Gakkō (later Waseda) but soon left.
He published the poetry collection Karekusa (Withered Grass).
He worked as a newspaper reporter in Hokkaido, where he met Ishikawa Takuboku.
In Tokyo he began writing children's songs for children's magazines.
He published children's songs such as Nanatsu no Ko (Seven Little Ones) and The Blue-Eyed Doll.
He wrote Shabondama (Soap Bubbles), Akai Kutsu (Red Shoes) and more, widely sung to music by Nakayama Shinpei and others.
He died in Utsunomiya, Tochigi.
Ishikawa TakubokuNakayama Shinpei
Yoshino SakuzōArishima TakeoNagai KafūKawakami HajimeSuzuki MiekichiSaitō MokichiShiga NaoyaTakehisa Yumeji
People of the Taishō period ・ People by period
Based on facts found in textbooks and biographies. Uncertain points are marked as such.