What is Taneda Santoka?
[[File:Photo-of-Santoka-Taneda.png|thumb|Photo of Taneda Santoka]] [[File:Hofu Santoka's statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of Taneda Santōka in front of Hofu Station]] {{Japanese name|Taneda}} {{nihongo|'''Taneda Santōka'''|種田山頭火||December 3, 1882–October 11, 1940}} was the [[pen name]] of a [[Japan]]ese [[writer]]. He is known for writing [[haiku]] of [[free verse]]. His real name was Taneda Shouichi (種田正一). == Other websites == * [http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person146.html#sakuhin_list_1 e-texts of Santoka's works] at [[Aozora Bunko]] * [http://www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/santoka.htm Weeds, Falling Rain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230153013/http://www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/santoka.htm |date=2007-12-30 }} a selection of Zen Haikai by Santoka Taneda, translated by Okami * [http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~kametaro/santoka1.html Santoka - a biography and poems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504002754/http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/%7Ekametaro/santoka1.html |date=2006-05-04 }} *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/1122/SANTOKA.htm SANTOKA by Kametaro]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022200940/http://geocities.com/Athens/Column/1122/SANTOKA.htm |date=2009-10-22 }} * [http://gaku2003.hp.infoseek.co.jp/AOZORA/FIRE.html#ANK2 Fire on the Mountain: The Selected Haiku of a Wandering Zen Monk Taneda Santoka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921020142/http://gaku2003.hp.infoseek.co.jp/AOZORA/FIRE.html#ANK2 |date=2007-09-21 }} translated by Hisashi Miura and James Green * [http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~endoy/indexe.html SANTOKA and SAKE by endoy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126042932/http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~endoy/indexe.html |date=2007-11-26 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taneda, Santoka}} [[Category:Japanese writers]] [[Category:1882 births]] [[Category:1940 deaths]] [[Category:Pen names]] [[Category:People from Yamaguchi Prefecture]]