1 9 2 9 . ▁While ▁in ▁school , ▁he ▁became ▁friends ▁with ▁short - story ▁writer ▁M oto j ir ō ▁K aj ii ▁and ▁Nak at ani ▁Tak ao , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁published ▁the ▁literary ▁magazine , ▁A oz ora ▁( “ Blue ▁Sk ies ” ), ▁which ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁ven ue ▁to ▁publish ▁his ▁po ems ▁such ▁as ▁U bag ur uma ▁( “ P ram ” ) ▁and ▁I sh i ▁no ▁u e ▁( “ On ▁Stone ” ), ▁which ▁were ▁favor ably ▁received ▁by ▁literary ▁critics , ▁including ▁H ag iw ara ▁Sak ut aro . ▁H ag iw ara ▁joined ▁him ▁in ▁found ing ▁the ▁critical ▁journal , ▁Sh i ▁to ▁Sh ir on ▁( “ Po etry ▁and ▁Po etic ▁Theory ” ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁Mi y oshi ▁brought ▁out ▁his ▁first ▁major ▁anth ology ▁of ▁free ▁verse , ▁S ok ury o ▁sen ▁( “ The ▁Sur ve ying ▁Sh ip ” ). ▁The ▁expressions ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁classical ▁Japanese ▁poetry ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁intellectual ism ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁established ▁his ▁reputation . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁he ▁brought ▁out ▁another ▁anth ology , ▁serial ized ▁in ▁the ▁literary ▁journal ▁Sh iki ▁( “ F our ▁Se asons ” ), ▁together ▁with ▁H ori ▁T ats uo ▁and ▁Mar uy ama ▁Ka oru , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁central ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁running ▁of ▁the ▁magazine