Misuzu Kaneko

was a Japanese poet, known for her poetry for children. She was born in the fishing village of Senzaki, now part of Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture. Motifs of fishing and the sea often make appearances in her poems. Celebrated during her lifetime, her works fell into obscurity after her death, until being rediscovered in the 1980s. Since then, she has been regarded as one of Japan's most beloved children's poets.

Kaneko has been compared to Christina Rossetti. Her poems have been translated into eleven languages. Provided by Wikipedia