Takuboku Ishikawa

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Takuboku Ishikawa
Born	(1886-02-20)February 20, 1886 Iwate Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	April 13, 1912(1912-04-13) (aged 26)
Other names	石川 啄木
Occupation	Poet

Takuboku Ishikawa (石川 啄木, Ishikawa Takuboku, February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) was a Japanese poet. Well known as both a tanka and "modern-style" (新体詩, shintaishi) or "free-style" (自由詩, jiyūshi) poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism. He died of tuberculosis.