Woodpecker Detective's Office is a 1999 Japanese mystery novel written by Kei Ii. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired between April and June 2020.
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Takuboku Ishikawa was a Japanese poet. Well known as both a tanka and "modern-style" or "free-style" poet, he began as a member of the Myōjō group of naturalist poets but later joined the "socialistic
Woodpecker Detective's Office
…series adaptation by Liden Films aired between April and June 2020. The novel is set in the Meiji era, and follows fictionalized versions of the poet Takuboku Ishikawa and the linguist Kyōsuke Kindaichi. Ishikawa is a private investigator. They both investigate a supposed ghost haunting at the Ryōunkaku skyscraper…
Takuboku Ishikawa
Takuboku Ishikawa and his wife Setsuko after their engagement in 1904
Friend Kyōsuke Kindaichi (left) and Takuboku Ishikawa (right) in 1908