Mitsuhashi Takajo

Mitsuhashi Takajo or Takajo Mitsuhashi (三橋 鷹女; born Fumiko Matsuhashi (三橋 たか) near Narita, Chiba on 24 January 1899; died 7 April 1972[1]) was a haiku poet of the Shōwa period.

By 1936 she became part of a group that founded the short-lived Kon (dark blue) publication and in 1940 had the collection Himawari or Sunflowers published.

The war proved difficult for her family and in 1953 she became involved in a progressive magazine of avant-garde poets who allowed experimental haiku.

[2] She has been referred to as a religious ascetic[3] or one who led a life of asceticism and spiritual concentration.

The other three are Tatsuko Hoshino, Nakamura Teijo, and Hashimoto Takako.