Shigeru Kuzuhara

Shigeru Kuzuhara (葛原 しげる, Kuzuhara Shigeru, Fukuyama, Hiroshima June 25, 1886 – December 7, 1961) was a Japanese children's poet, children's song writer, fairy tale writer, and educator.

Shigeru Kuzuhara
Kuzuhara in 1956
Born	(1886-07-25)July 25, 1886 Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Died	December 7, 1961(1961-12-07) (aged 75)
Occupation	Poet, songwriter, fabulist, educator

Kuzuhara wrote 4000 nursery songs, stories and other works. Two of his songs are in the Nihon no Uta Hyakusen compendium by the Ministry of Education of Japan. Other songs include the national song of the Boy Scouts of Japan (1957), Hiroshima High School, and about 400 school songs throughout Japan. Every December 7 a local ceremony is held in front of his birthplace by the "Kuzuhara Culture Preservation Association".

Notes

The kanji for "Shigeru" is 𦱳. However, because it is a rarely used kanji, "Shigeru" is most often expressed in hiragana.

External links

• "In Support of World Scouting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2009.