Born in 1907 Nakahara Chuya was one of the most gifted and Since the Second World War Nakahara's stature has risen, and his
colourful of Japan's early modern poets. A bohemian romantic,
his death at the early age of thirty, coupled with the delicacy of his
imagery, have led to him being compared to the greatest of French symbolist poets.
poetry is now ranked among the finest Japanese verse of the 20th
century. Influenced...