Examples include Yukitsuna SASAKI, who is known for his 'Otoko uta' (masculine poems), Kosaku OKUMURA, who is known for his 'Tadagoto uta' (light-hearted tanka), Kazushi TAKASE, who had an empirical style, and Shigeki ONO, a poet who died young but created a portrayal of the postwar young people.
「男歌」の佐佐木幸綱、「ただごと歌」の奥村晃作、実験的な歌風の高瀬一誌、戦後の青年像を示した夭折歌人の小野茂樹などである。