A brief introduction to the eighty characters of Xitiao

Xitiao Eighty (1892- 1970) is a Japanese poet and nursery rhyme writer. Born in Tokyo. I graduated from the English Department of Waseda University and studied Chinese at the University of Tokyo. During his early college study, Xia Geng and his husband founded the poetry magazine Mask. 19 13 to 19 15, went to France to study, and became a newly established French professor at Waseda University after returning home. Since then, he has been active in the field of French literature research and popular songs. The creation of nursery rhymes began at 19 18. This year, Saito accepted Suzuki's suggestion and wrote nursery rhymes for Hong Niao. The original nursery rhyme "Forgotten Rose" was published in issue 10. Canary was published in the February issue of 65438. Composer Narita's "Canary" has become one of the representative works of modern nursery rhymes, which is popular all over the country. 19 19, gold placer, a collection of virgin poems, was published, which attracted the attention of the poetic circles as a symbolic poet. In the same year, I published "My Views on Nursery Rhymes" in Daguan, started a debate with Kitahara Bai, and left Hong Niao for Fairy Tale magazine. At the same time, as a judge of nursery rhymes, I found that I have cultivated new nursery rhymes such as Jin Meiling and Teru Shimada Zhongfu. In the next four years, together with Kitahara Bai and Noguchi Ujyo, we divided nursery rhymes into three parts. 1924 Published The Complete Works of Xitiao Eighty Nursery Rhymes. This collection of nursery rhymes contains 138 nursery rhymes, which can be said to be his masterpiece. If we can sum up the characteristics of nursery rhymes in "The Eighty of the Western Stripes" in one sentence, it is to express childhood feelings in a fantastic way. In addition to creating nursery rhymes, Xitiao Eighty also co-edited the Collection of World Nursery Rhymes, which made a far-reaching contribution to the introduction of foreign nursery rhymes in Japan. After the war, he served as the president of Japan Pop Music Copyright Association. 1962 became a member of Japan Art Institute. Representative works include March in Tokyo, Turn around in Tokyo, Blue Mountain, Suzhou Nocturne and so on.