Mitsuhashi Takajo [SEP] date of death
Mitsuhashi Takajo
Mitsuhashi Takajo or Takajo Mitsuhashi (三橋 鷹女; born "Fumiko Matsuhashi" (三橋 たか) near Narita, Chiba on 24 January 1899; died 7 April 1972) was a haiku poet of the Shōwa period.
Biography.
Mitsuhashi Takajo was born near Narita. She was an admirer of Akiko Yosano and her father wrote tanka. In 1922 she married Kenzō (東 謙三), a dentist who wrote haiku and that influenced her to switch to haiku herself. By 1936 she became part of a
circle and shared the position of leading female "haiku" poet with Nakamura Teijo. The two were later joined by Hashimoto Takako and Mitsuhashi Takajo.
In 1937 Hoshino published her first "haiku" anthology, which was followed by other volumes including "Kamakura", "Sasame" and "Jitsui". Her style remained faithful to her father's insistence on traditional forms, and on the use of natural symbolism, but was tempered with her love of nature and a soft, feminine approach to daily life.
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