In 1930 Hoshino founded a
haiku magazine exclusively for women called
Tamamo. Two years later, she joined the
Hototogisu literary circle and shared the position of leading female
haiku poet with
Teijo Nakamura. The two were later joined by
Takako Hashimoto and
Takajo Mitsuhashi. In 1937 Hoshino published her first
haiku anthology, which was followed by other volumes including
Kamakura,
Sasame and
Jitsui. Her style remained faithful to her father's insistence on traditional forms, and on the use of natural symbolism, but was tempered with her love of nature and a soft, feminine approach to daily life. After her father's death, Hoshino became the
haiku selector for
Asahi Shimbun newspaper, and contributed to
haiku columns in various newspapers and magazines. In addition to
haiku, she also published travel documentaries, including
Tamamo haiwa ("Stories of the Tamamo Group") and
Yamato Seki-Butsu ("Stone Buddhas of Yamato"). Hoshino began living in
Kamakura,
Kanagawa prefecture in 1911 and following a short period in Tokyo, she returned to Kamakura in 1931, believing it to be an ideal place to bring up her children. She died in 1984 at the age of 80. Her grave is at the temple of
Jufuku-ji in Kamakura. She is one of the "4 Ts" of Japanese female haiku poets; the other three are
Takajo Mitsuhashi,
Teijo Nakamura, and
Takako Hashimoto. ==See also==