Shigeru Kuzuhara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shigeru Kuzuhara

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1886

Place of Birth: Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1961

Profession: poet, lyricist, novelist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Shigeru Kuzuhara (?? ???, 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.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".