Takuboku Ishikawa (1886 - 1912)

Japanese poet. Well-known as both a tanka and "modern-style" (新体詩 shintaishi) or "free-style" (自由詩 jiyūshi) poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic" group of Japanese poets and renounced naturalism.