Abstract
To discuss the issue of Modernism in one of the traditional genres of prewar Japanese poetry entails a rethinking of prewar literary Modernism in Japan. This chapter attempts to do this and from time to time address the larger problems associated with Japanese Modernism but the main focus is on the impact of Modernism on the genre of traditional poetry known as tanka . It begins with a few words about Modernism itself and its history in order to trace the beginnings of Modernism in Japanese traditional poetry. Maekawa Samio defines his aesthetic in relation to Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912), the pioneer of tanka reform and also in relation to Mokichi, the leading tanka poet of the day. The link between Samio and Takuboku is so strong, especially in the Botanical Revels poems. Keywords: Ishikawa Takuboku; Japanese Modernism; Maekawa Samio; Prewar Japanese poetry; tanka
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