Background
Takii was born in Takayama, Gifu where his father was a cabinetmaker. At age 13, he lost his mother and two brothers, and was forced to go work in the city"s fish markets.
滝井 孝作
Takii was born in Takayama, Gifu where his father was a cabinetmaker. At age 13, he lost his mother and two brothers, and was forced to go work in the city"s fish markets.
In 1909, at age 15, he met haiku poet Kawahigashi Hekigotō and decided to devote his life to poetry. He moved to Tokyo in 1914, where he worked as editor of the haiku magazine Kaikō (Sea Crimson), and was an occasional student at Waseda University. Under the influence of Naoya Shiga, he began publishing fiction in 1919.
His celebrated novel, Mugen Hōyō (The Infinite Embrace), written as four stories in the years 1921-1924, recounts their relationship.
Following Shiga, Takii moved to Abiko, Chiba, in 1922, then Kyoto in 1923 and Nara in 1925. All the while he continued to publish essays and stories.
Takii died of renal failure and is buried in the Daiyu-ji Temple Cemetery in Takayama, Gifu.
In 1959 he became a member of the Japan Art Academy.