Bokusui Wakayama

Bokusui Wakayama
Wakayama Bokusui
Wakayama Bokusui
Native name
若山 牧水
BornWakayama Shigeru
(1885-08-24)August 24, 1885
Togo, Miyazaki, Japan
DiedSeptember 17, 1928(1928-09-17) (aged 43)
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
OccupationPoet
Nationality Japan
EducationWaseda University
Japanese name
Kanji若山 牧水
Hiraganaわかやま ぼくすい
Transcriptions
RomanizationWakayama Bokusui

Bokusui Wakayama (若山 牧水, Wakayama Bokusui, August 24, 1885–September 17, 1928) was the pen-name of Shigeru Wakayama (若山 繁, Wakayama Shigeru), a Japanese author noted for his poetry in pre-World War II Japan.