Osamu Kimata Graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School, Literature Department. He was drawn to Hakushu Kitahara and practiced the New Romanticism advocated by Hakushu. He also positively accepted the idea that tanka was a "second art" and reformed tanka into something modern. His collections of poems include "Koshi" (1942), "Yobeba Kodama" (1954), and "Kyonen Kotoshi" (1967). Content Description: This is a masterpiece that covers the representative works of 28 modern tanka poets, with interpretations and critiques. You can learn everything about the works, the poets, and the history of tanka.