He was born in Saitama, Japan on
June 16, 1908.
From the early stage of his junior
jigh school days, he began to write
tanka poems,
In 1929, he entered Waseda
Universuty and studied Economics,
but he dropped out the university in
1933.
His literary activities including
translations of foreign poems as
well as writing tanka have been
continued during these period till
the end of his life.
In 1937, he joined Bungeishinjusha a
publishing company, and worked as an
editorial staff.
In 1940, he joined the army as a
reporter and also as a special
correspondent of Bungeishinjusha.
In 1947, he worked for U.S. Jonson
Base as a teacher of Japanese, and
resigned there in 1950, and then, he
has been a freelance interpreter.
On July 9, 1964 he died of cerebral
hemorrhage in the hospital.
Publication
"Esprit" 1930,
Translations of verses by Cocteau
Jacob and Sandburg in 1935.
"Cinema" in 1936,
"Swimming Athlete" in 1938,
"Hogaboh" (A serues if short
stories) 1940
"Orange" in 1946
"Taihakkoh" in 1954
"Puppeteer" (translation) in 1956
Moon World Colony" (translation in
1956
"Canned Byway" (translation) 14956
!Green Hill on the Earth"
(translation) 1957
etc., etc.
.