Ōta Mizuho

Ōta Mizuho ( Japanese 太 田 水 穂 , civil: Ōta Teiichi ( 太 田 貞 一 ); * December 9, 1876 , † January 1, 1955 ) was a Japanese writer.

During his studies at Shinshū University Ōta got to know classical collections of poetry such as Man'yōshū and Kokinshū and published his own poems in the literary magazine Bungakukai ( 文学界 ). After completing his studies, he taught at the Matsumoto Girls' High School (today: Matsumoto-Arigasaki High School). At the same time he founded the Waka magazine Konohana Kai ( こ の 花会 ) with the poet Kubota Utsubo .

Ōta gained greater fame through the publication of the lyric anthologies Tsuyukusa ( つ ゆ 艸 ; 1903) and Sanjō Kojō ( 山上 湖 上 ; 1906) with his school friend Shimaki Akahiko . In 1908 he became an employee of the Shinano Mainichi newspaper ( 信 濃 毎 日 新聞 ). The following year he became professor of ethics at Nippon Shika Daigaku ("Japanese School of Dentistry"). In 1910 he married the poet Shiga Mitsuko . In 1915 he founded the Tanka magazine Chōon ( 潮音 ) and increasingly turned to literary history and scientific work.

Works (selection)

• Unchō ( 雲 鳥 ), wakas
• Fuyuna ( 冬菜 ), Wakas
• Raden ( 螺 鈿 ), Wakas
• Ryūō ( 流 鴬 ), wakas

Web links

• Kamakura City, Kamakura´s Literary Figures - Biography

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ōta is the family name, Mizuho the first name.