Bokusui Wakayama

Bokusui Wakayama
Wakayama Bokusui
Native name
若山 牧水
BornWakayama Shigeru
(1885-08-24)August 24, 1885
Togo, Miyazaki, Japan
DiedSeptember 17, 1928(1928-09-17) (aged 43)
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
OccupationPoet
Nationality Japan
EducationWaseda University
Japanese name
Kanji若山 牧水
Hiraganaわかやま ぼくすい
Transcriptions
RomanizationWakayama Bokusui

Bokusui Wakayama (若山 牧水, Wakayama Bokusui; August 24, 1885 – September 17, 1928) was the pen-name of Shigeru Wakayama (若山 繁, Wakayama Shigeru), a Japanese author noted for his poetry in pre-World War II Japan.