Nakamura Kusatao(1901-1983)

He was born the first son to father Osamu(the Japanese consul at Shinkoku at that time), mother Mine at Amoi, Fukken province, Shinkoku(China), in 24th, Jul. 1901(Meiji 34). His real name is Seiichiro.
He came home to Matsuyama with his mother, at the age of 4.
In 1925(Taisho 14), he went on to the department of German literture, Tokyo Univ. via Matsuyama Junior High-school and Matsuyama High-school. In 1929(Showa 14), at the age of 29, he became Kyoshi's pupil and became a member of "Todai Haiku meeting". He contributed many Haiku to "Hototogisu" getting Shuoshi Mizuhara's guidance.
It was as of 1939(Showa 14) that the first Haiku peetry "choshi" was published in which appeared the many excellent Haiku such as "Snow is just falling now, I feel the Meiji era have become the od far-off days" Since that time, his group have been called "pursuer of human being" on the grounds of that his haiku fashion have indicated the trace of an uphill straggle to get along with human life.
Hakyo Ishida and Shuson Katoh belonged to this group.
He wrote the lyrics for the school song of Matsuyama Kita Highschool in connection with Denzaburo Futagami(a one-time principal of the Highschool), who was Kusatao's contemporary at the HIghschool.
The name of the monthly magazine "Banryoku" edited by Kusatao was connected with the Haiku "My own child's teeth have began to come through in all over fresh greenery" appeared in Haiku poetry "HinoTori-Fire Bird"(published in 1939). "Banryoku" have been established as a season word after this Haiku. In adition to that, this Haiku magazine edited by Kusatao has symbolized the group of people with eternal youthful sprits and has been keeping up the steady pace as avan-garde literature until today.

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