Takuboku Ishikawa

Morioka City

Central Iwate

A poet and poet from Morioka City (formerly Shibumin Village). In 1901, he published a collection of poems ``Akogare'' under the name ``Takuboku''. In 1901, he published his first collection of three-line tanka poems, ``A Handful of Sand''. Although he was acclaimed as a lifestyle-oriented poet, due to poverty and illness, he passed away at the age of 26 without returning to his hometown.

Location
Shibumin 9, Shibumin, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Inquiries
Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum
Phone number 019-683-2315

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