[1] Most of Maeda's early tanka compositions were submitted to a variety of literary magazines and were rejected without a second word.
[6] He was encouraged by Saishū Onoe, writer of a poetry column for the periodical Shinsei (新声), to keep up his efforts, however.
[7] In 1924, he was joined by Hakushū Kitahara, Toshiharu Kinoshita, Chikashi Koizumi, Zenmaro Toki and others in forming a group to publish a new literary magazine, Nikkō, which was to be purely devoted to Modernism.
[8] He took his first aeroplane ride in 1929, inspiring him to write in a more colloquial fashion — he felt the experience could not be described in traditional language.
[6] Typical poetry 「木に花さき 君わが妻と ならむ日の 四月なかなか とほくもあるかな (Kinihanaskai kimiwagatumato naranhino shigatunakanaka to-kumoarukana)」 「はらしろき 巨口の魚を 背におひて しほかはくちを いゆくわかもの (Harashiroki kyokounouowo senioite shiokawakuchiwo iyukuwakamono)」 「出水川 あから濁りて ながれたり つちより虹は わきたちにけり (Demizugawa akaranigorite nagaretari tuchiyorinijiha wakitachinikeri)」 「すくすくと ゆふ空をさす ねぎのはな 傘さしてみる そのふとねぎを (Sukusukuto yu-zorawosasu neginohana kasasashitemiru sonohutonegiwo)」 Maeda Yugure Birth Monument-It is quietly built in 2134 Minamiyana, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture.