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  • Ginza Street in 1933. (Courtesy of the Hakodate City Central Library)

    Ginza Street in 1933. (Courtesy of the Hakodate City Central Library)

  • Monument to Takahashi Kikutarō. (2020)

    Monument to Takahashi Kikutarō. (2020)

  • A 1937 card printed with a picture of Ginza Street and poem “Hakodate kouta” (Ballad of Hakodate) by Takahashi. (Courtesy of the Hakodate City Central Library)

    A 1937 card printed with a picture of Ginza Street and poem “Hakodate kouta” (Ballad of Hakodate) by Takahashi. (Courtesy of the Hakodate City Central Library)

  • The 1961 unveiling ceremony for the monument to Takahashi’s poetry. Takahashi Kikutarō faces the camera at the center. The man in the black jacket with his head turned partway is my father Yoshikazu. (Courtesy of the Hakodate City Museum of Literature)

    The 1961 unveiling ceremony for the monument to Takahashi’s poetry. Takahashi Kikutarō faces the camera at the center. The man in the black jacket with his head turned partway is my father Yoshikazu. (Courtesy of the Hakodate City Museum of Literature)

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