Background
Fumoto Oka was born in1877 in Tokyo, Japan. His given name was Saburo.
Fumoto Oka was born in1877 in Tokyo, Japan. His given name was Saburo.
Studied at the Seigijuku School of Michifumi Takarada. He was a disciple of Chikanaru Tada, noted calligrapher. He became a disciple of Shiki Masaoka, noted poet in 1900.
After teaching school briefly, he contributed poems to the waka magazine, Araragi. Three collections of his poems were published. As a calligrapher, he calls himself Sankoku.