Nakamura Teijo, given name Hamako, was a haiku poetess from Kumamoto Prefecture. She published her first set of verses, Haruyuki (Spring Snow, 1934), in the journal Hototogisu (The Cuckoo). She published a haiku collection, Teijo kushu (Teijo’s Verse Anthology, 1944), and in 1947 founded the haiku magazine Kazabana (Snow Petals).
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Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater. J. Scott Miller. 2009.