Kaneko Misuzu: Life and Poems of A Lonely Princess

Kaneko Misuzu (1903-1930) suddenly appeared like a comet in the 1920s, at the zenith of a liberal poetry movement in Japan, and was recognized as a giant rising star in poetry circles. She wrote more than 500 poems during her short life, which are characterized by innocence, purity, and empathy for all living things-the small and the weak. Her personal life was overshadowed by a series of unsettling events, including the adoption of her younger brother by her uncle (a family secret), her mo...