Itō Sachio

Infobox Writer
name = Itō Sachio


caption = Itō Sachio
birthdate = birth date|1864|9|18|df=y -
birthplace = Sanmu, Chiba, Japan
deathdate = death date and age|1913|7|30|1864|9|18|df=y
deathplace = Tokyo, Japan
occupation = Writer
genre = poetry
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influenced = nihongo|Itō Sachio|伊藤佐千夫|Itō Sachio|extra=18 September 1864 - 30 July 1913 was the pen-name of a "tanka" poet and novelist in Meiji period Japan.　His real name was Itō Kojirō.

Biography

Itō was born in what is now Sanmu city, Chiba prefecture, as the younger son to a farming family. He attended the "Meiji Horiritsu gakko" (the predecessor of Meiji University), but left without graduating.

His interest in poetry led him to visit the famous author Masaoka Shiki, who accepted him as a student. Itō established the literary magazine "Araragi" in 1903, and served as its editor until 1908. During this time, he published his poems, literary criticism and studies on the "Man'yōshū." He published a sentimental love story, "Nogiku no haka" ("The Wild Daisy", 1906) in the literary magazine "Hototogisu." The story became a popular classic, and was made into movies in 1955, 1966 and in 1981.

Itō came to be regarded as Masaoka Shiki's closest disciple with the posthumous publication of his poetry anthology "Sachio kashu" in 1920. His own disciples included Saito Mokichi and Tsuchiya Bunmei.

In addition to his literary career, Itō was also an amateur master of the Japanese tea ceremony. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

ee also

*Japanese literature
*List of Japanese authors

References

*Fujioka, Takeo. "Seimei no sakebi Ito Sachio". Shintensha (1983). ISBN 4787970380
*Ito, Sachio. "Songs of a Cowherd;: Translated from the works of Sachio Ito" (Modern Japanese poets series). Marshall Jones Company (1936). ASIN: B000861F8W

External links

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* [http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person58.html e-texts of works] at Aozora Bunko
* [http://www.city.sammu.lg.jp/sisetu/rekishi/reki_frame.htm Sammu City Museum site]

Persondata
NAME= Itō, Sachio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Itō Sachio; 伊藤佐千夫 (Japanese); Itō Kojirō; Itō, Kojirō
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Japanese writer
DATE OF BIRTH= 18 September 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH= Sanmu, Chiba, Japan
DATE OF DEATH= 30 July 1913
PLACE OF DEATH= Tokyo, Japan