Born Kawahata Seiichi on December 9, 1893, in Osaka, Hirato Renkichi started writing poetry in 1912, first publishing in Banso under the guidance of Kawaji Ryuko. Although he worked at various publishers as a writer and editor, he suffered from pulmonary disease and often failed to make ends meet for his family. He passed away on July 20, 1922, in Tokyo, at the age of 29. [Creative non-fiction 1 | 2 | 3]