Hakushū Kitahara

Japanese tanka poet (1885–1942).

Born January 25th, 1885 in Nankan.

Died November 2nd, 1942 at 57 years old in Asagaya (diabetes, kidney disease). [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, lyricist, poet, waka poet, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde