Important Poets (modern)
- Yosano Akiko
- Kyoshi Takahama
- Masaoka Shiki
- Taneda SantÅka
- Takamura Kotaro
- Ishikawa Takuboku
- Hagiwara Sakutaro
- Kenji Miyazawa
- Noguchi Yonejiro
- Tanikawa Shuntaro
- Kitahara Hakushu
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