Matsumura Yuriko

Tanka poet. Has studied under Baba Akiko since 1990. After working for the newspapers Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun for a total of more than 20 years, went freelance in 2006. Prose works include Jānarisuto Yosano Akiko (Yosano Akiko, Journalist). Tanka collections include Hikari no arabesuku (Arabesque of Light), which won the Wakayama Bokusui Prize.