Background

Mitsuko was born in Nagano city, Nagano prefecture.

Education

She entered the Tokyo Women"s Higher Normal School (present-day Ochanomizu University) in 1906 and married Mizuho Ōta when she graduated.

Career

She published numerous anthologies of her poetry during her lifetime, including Fuji no Mi ("Wisteria Beans"), Asa Tsuki ("Morning Moon"), Asa Ginu ("Linen Silk"), and Kamakura Zakki ("Kamakura Miscellany"). She also published some instructional guides to the writing of poetry, including Waka dokuhon ("A Guide to Waka Verse"), Dentō to Gendai Waka ("Tradition and Modern Waka"). Shiga continued to live there after her husband"s death, and died in 1956.

Her grave is at the temple of Tōkei-ji in Kamakura, which also has a large stone monument inscribed with one of her verses.

Connections

teacher:

Nagano Normal