Chūya Nakahara was born in Yamaguchi, where his father, Kensuke Kashimura, was a highly decorated army doctor. Kensuke married Fuku Nakahara and was adopted by the Nakahara family shortly … 展开

As the eldest son of a prominent doctor, Nakahara was expected to become one himself. Due to the high expectations of his father, Nakahara was given a very strict education, which also prevented … 展开

His verse has been considered somewhat obscure, and confessional and gives a general impression of pain and melancholy, emotions which were a constant throughout the poet's life. Initially, Nakahara favored poetry in the Japanese traditional 展开

Only one of his poetry anthologies, Yagi no Uta (山羊の歌, "Goat Songs", 1934) was published while he was alive (in a self-financed edition of two hundred copies). He edited a second collection, Arishi Hi no Uta (在りし日の歌, "Songs of Bygone Days", 1938) … 展开

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• Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum in Yamaguchi (Japanese site)
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