Zenmaro Toki
Zenmaro Toki (土岐 善麿 ''Toki Zenmaro''; June 8, 1885 – April 15, 1980) was a Japanese Naturalist ''tanka'' poet. After initially taking up ''tanka'' in his teens, he studied under Kun'en Kaneko, and when in attendance at Waseda University he socialized with other notable Naturalist poets such as Bokusui Wakayama. Later, he earned the respect of the famous poet Takuboku Ishikawa, with whom he corresponded until the latter's death in 1912. Biography Zenmaro Toki was born in 1885. He was born in Tokyo. He first took up ''tanka'' composition in middle school. He became a disciple of , a minor poet who had studied under Ochiai Naobumi and who, according to historian and critic Donald Keene, never fulfilled his early potential. Kun'en experimented with just about every ''tanka'' school, and the characteristic that critics have traditionally associated with him is his having been a "city poet". This was likely a characteristic that attracted Zenmaro to him, as the two shared lit ...
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