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Tsugaru Dialect Day (Aomori Prefecture)

In remembrance of the death anniversary of Kyozo Takagi, a poet who spoke in dialect, the Tsugaru Dialect Day Association has designated October 23rd as "Tsugaru Dialect Day."

Since 1988, an event themed on the Tsugaru dialect, spoken in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture, has been held every year on October 23rd at the Aomori City Cultural Center (Link Station Hall Aomori)

Birthday of poet Bansui Doi (Miyagi Prefecture)

Doi Bansui , a poet and English scholar from the Meiji to Showa periods, was born on October 23, 1871 (December 5, 1871 in the Gregorian calendar) as the eldest son of Doi Rinshichi and Ai, who owned a wealthy pawn shop.

With his masculine, classical Chinese-style poetry, he was considered a figure of the "Fujiban era," alongside Shimazaki Toson, who had a contrasting, more feminine style. He is also known as the lyricist of "Kojo no Tsuki" (The Moon Over the Ruined Castle) , a song famously composed by Taki Rentaro .

He is famous for writing the lyrics to school songs all over Japan, but after losing his wife and children one after another, he became interested in parapsychology and was involved as an advisor in the establishment of the Japan Society for Psychic Science in 1946 , making him a man with an unusual background.

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