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Kaneko MisuzuKaneko Misuzu
Also known as: 金子みすゞ・金子みすず
A children's-verse poet born in 1903 in Senzaki village, Otsu district (now Senzaki, Nagato). In 1923, while minding a bookshop in Shimonoseki, she began submitting poems to magazines under the name Kaneko Misuzu and was praised by Saijo Yaso. Forgotten for decades, she was rediscovered when Yazaki Setsuo tracked down her brother and 512 handwritten poems came to light; a complete collection followed in 1984.
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