Chirū Yamanaka
Chirū Yamanaka (山中 散生, Yamanaka Chirū) (1905–1977) was a Japanese poet, critic, and translator based in Nagoya who played a significant role in introducing and promoting Surrealism in Japan. In 1929 he founded the avant-garde poetry magazine CINÉ, which helped circulate Surrealist ideas and texts in Japan and connected Nagoya’s literary scene to international Surrealist networks.