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{{Short description|Japanese writer (1864–1913)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Itō |lang=Japanese}}
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| birth_place = [[Sanmu, Chiba]], [[Japan]]
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| death_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| occupation  = Writer
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{{nihongo|'''Itō Sachio'''|伊藤 左千夫||extra=18 September 1864 - 30 July 1913}} was the [[pen-name]] of {{nihongo|'''Itō Kōjirō'''|伊藤 幸次郎}}, a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] ''[[waka (poetry)|tanka]]'' poet and novelist active during the [[Meiji period]] of [[Japan]].

==Biography==
Itō was born in what is now [[Sanmu, Chiba|Sanmu city]], [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba prefecture]], as the younger son to a farming family. He attended the ''Meiji Hōritsu gakko'' (the predecessor of [[Meiji University]]), but left without graduating.

His interest in poetry led him to visit the famous author [[Masaoka Shiki]], who accepted him as a student. Itō established the [[literary magazine]] ''[[Araragi (magazine)|Araragi]]'' in 1903, and served as its editor until 1908. During this time, he published his poems, [[literary criticism]] and studies on the ''[[Man'yōshū]].'' He published a sentimental love story, ''{{ill|Nogiku no Haka|ja|野菊の墓|vertical-align=sup}}'' ("The Wild Daisy", 1906) in the literary magazine ''[[Hototogisu (magazine)|Hototogisu]].'' The story became a popular classic, and was made into movies in 1955, 1966 and in 1981.

Itō came to be regarded as Masaoka Shiki's closest disciple{{By whom|date=June 2025}} with the posthumous publication of his ''tanka'' anthology ''Sachio Kashū'' in 1920. His own disciples included [[Mokichi Saitō|Saitō Mokichi]] and {{ill|Tsuchiya Bunmei|ja|土屋文明}}.

In addition to his literary career, Itō was also an amateur master of the [[Japanese tea ceremony]]. He died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]].

==See also==
*[[Japanese literature]]
*[[List of Japanese authors]]

==References==
*Fujioka, Takeo. ''Seimei no sakebi Ito Sachio''. Shintensha (1983). {{ISBN|4-7879-7038-0}}
*Ito, Sachio. ''Songs of a Cowherd;: Translated from the works of Sachio Ito'' (Modern Japanese poets series). Marshall Jones Company (1936). ASIN: B000861F8W

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* {{IMDb name|id=1350694|name=Sachio Ito}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Itō Sachio}}
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*[http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person58.html e-texts of works] at [[Aozora Bunko]] (in Japanese)
*[http://www.city.sammu.lg.jp/site/rekishiminzokushiryoukan/ Sammu City Museum site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812220306/http://www.city.sammu.lg.jp/site/rekishiminzokushiryoukan/ |date=2014-08-12 }} (in Japanese)

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[[Category:People from Sanmu]]
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[[Category:19th-century Japanese novelists]]
[[Category:People of the Meiji era]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese poets]]