Haiku poet. Graduated from Kumamoto Prefectural Girl’s High School (later Kumamoto Prefectural Daiichi High School). She began composing haiku in 1918, and after marrying NAKAMURA Shigeki, a tax official, in 1920, she took a break from writing haiku, but resumed in 1932. Studying under TAKAHAMA Kyoshi, she was recognized as a dojin by Hototogisu magazine (a leading haiku poet) in 1934, and praised as being on the same level as HOSHINO Tatsuko. Author of many books, including the haiku collections Shunsetsu and Teijo Kushu. In addition to providing haiku correction guidance for newspapers and magazines, she also appeared on many radio and television programs. Awarded as a Person of Cultural Merit in 1980. Won the Award of the Japan Art Academy in 1984.