Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet and author (born 1911)

Toyo Shibata

Toyo Shibata was a bestselling Japanese poet; her first anthology Kujikenaide, published in 2009, sold 1.58 million copies. In comparison, poetry book sales of 10,000 are considered successful in Japan. Her anthology also topped Japan's Oricon bestseller chart. It was originally…