Jiro Aso

Japanese: 麻生路郎 - あそうじろう

1888-1965 A senryu poet from the Taisho and Showa periods.
Born on July 10, 1888. Worked as a newspaper journalist and hospital administrator. Founded and presided over Senryu Magazine in 1924. Became the first chairman of the Kansai Tankyō Literature Association in 1956. Died on July 7, 1965, at age 76. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. Graduated from Osaka Higher Commercial School (now Osaka City University). His real name was Kojiro. Other pen names included Fukkudo, Phoenix, and Yanagi Ichiro. His works include Senryu Futokoro Te and Tsurairan no Asobi.

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Japanese:

1888－1965　大正-昭和時代の川柳作家。
明治21年7月10日生まれ。新聞記者,病院事務長などをつとめる。大正13年「川柳雑誌」を創刊,主宰。昭和31年関西短詩文学連盟初代理事長。昭和40年7月7日死去。76歳。広島県出身。大阪高商(現大阪市立大)卒。本名は幸二郎。別号に不朽洞,不死鳥,柳一郎など。著作に「川柳ふところ手」「累卵の遊び」など。

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