Eiichi Matsumura

Background

Eiichi was born in 1889, in Tokyo, Japan.

Education

Studied waka under Utsuho Kubota and later edited Kokumin Bungaku (People’s Literature) Magazine.

Career

Following school of Utsuho, established himself as teacher of walca with a plain, realistic and poetical style and fostered creative talent among many waka poets.

Works

• poem

  • Haru Kaeru Hi-ni

    (On the Day When Spring Comes Round)

  • Hatsushimo

    (The First Frost of the Year)

  • Yamasuge

    (Mountain Sedge)