Songs of a Cowherd : Translated from the works of Sachio Ito (Modern Japanese poets series). In addition to his literary career, Itō was also an amateur master of the Japanese tea ceremony. His own disciples included Saitō Mokichi and Tsuchiya Bunmei ( ja:土屋文明). Itō came to be regarded as Masaoka Shiki's closest disciple with the posthumous publication of his tanka anthology Sachio kashu in 1920. He published a sentimental love story, Nogiku no haka (The Wild Daisy, 1906) in the literary magazine Hototogisu. The story became a popular classic, and was made into movies in 1955, 1966 and in 1981. He published a sentimental love story, Nogiku no haka ("The Wild Daisy", 1906) in the literary magazine Hototogisu. During this time, he published his poems, literary criticism and studies on the Man'yōshū. Itō established the literary magazine Araragi in 1903, and served as its editor until 1908. His interest in poetry led him to visit the famous author Masaoka Shiki, who accepted him as a student. He attended the Meiji Hōritsu gakko (the predecessor of Meiji University), but left without graduating. Itō was born in what is now Sanmu city, Chiba prefecture, as the younger son to a farming family. Itō Sachio ( 伊藤 左千夫, 18 September 1864 - 30 July 1913) was the pen-name of Itō Kōjirō ( 伊藤 幸次郎), a Japanese tanka poet and novelist active during the Meiji period of Japan. In this Japanese name, the surname is Itō.
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