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Saito Mokichi Memorial Day (Yamagata Prefecture)

the birthday of Mokichi Saito, a poet who left behind numerous tanka poems and essays from the Meiji to Showa periods, and who also worked as a psychiatrist. TheMay 14, 1882,in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, his birthplace,Mokichi Saito Memorial Museumto commemorate his achievements"Mokichi Saito Memorial Day"has designated this day as

Around 1952, Mokichi Saito in his later years
Mokichi Saito in his later years, around 1952. Source:Wikipedia

Saito Mokichi left behind excellent essays such as "The Danube Genryū," "Nenjushu," and "Doba Sanbo Yawa," and his talent was highly praised by the likes of Uno Koji and Akutagawa Ryunosuke. During his lifetime, he published a total of 17 volumes of poetry anthologies, composing a total of 17,907 poems

It is said that when Akutagawa Ryunosuke was asked who he would most like to have write a novel for him, he immediately named Saito Mokichi


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