Hakushu Kitahara

Hakushu Kitahara ( , Kitahara Hakushu , 25 January 1885 – 2 November 1942) is the pen-name of Kitahara Ryukichi ( , Kitahara Ryukichi ), a Japanese tanka poet active during the Taisho and Showa periods of Japan. He is regarded as one of the most popular and important poets in modern Japanese literature .