Yoshimi Kondo
Yoshimi Kondō ( Japanese 近藤 芳 美 , Kondō Yoshimi ; born May 5, 1913 in Korea , † June 21, 2006 in Tokyo , Japan ) was a Japanese poet.
Kondō was one of the most important Japanese poets of the post-war period. He published his verses in short poems of the more than 1,300-year-old rhymeless poem form Tanka . Kondō was also president of the Association of Tanka Poets, the Mirai Tankakai .
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| SURNAME | Kondō, Yoshimi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 近藤 芳 美 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korea |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 2006 |
| Place of death | Tokyo , Japan |