Maeda Yugure

Maeda Yūgure ( Japanese 前 田 夕 暮 , real name: Maeda Hirozō 前 田 洋 造 , also in the spelling: 前 田 洋 三 ; * July 27, 1883 in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture ; † April 20, 1951 ) was a Japanese poet. His eldest son Maeda Tōru (1914-1984) was also a poet and Tanka poet.

A native of Kanagawa Prefecture, Maeda attended Naka-gun Middle School, which he dropped out without graduating. Together with Wakayama Bokusui he joined the artist group Shazensō-sha founded by Onoe Saishū . His Shūkaku Tanka collection , which appeared in 1910, identified him as an important representative of the Japanese naturalistic school alongside Wakayama Bokusui. In 1932 the collection of poems Suigen chitai ( 水源 地 帯 ) was published.

With Kitahara Hakushū Maeda founded the magazine Nikkō , he also published the literary magazines Shika ( 詩歌 ) and Chijō Junrei .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mark Jewel: Modern Japanese Authors, J-M. (No longer available online.) In: The Japanese Literature Home Page. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011 ; accessed on October 21, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

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