Kunio Yanagita
Shortly after his divorce, Kunikida turned to the genre of romantic poetry when co-authored an anthology, "Jojoshi" (抒情詩 "Lyric Poems"), in 1897 with Katai Tayama and Kunio Matsuoka (a.k.a. Kunio Yanagita). Around this time, Kunikida published several poems that would eventually be collected in "Doppo gin" as well as the short story, "Gen Oji" (源叔父 "Uncle Gen"). Through his poetic style, Kunikida introduced a fresh current into romantic lyrical literature.