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A Study of Poetry
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Also Known As Saiokuken • Sōkan
Born 1448 • Japan
Died April 11, 1532 (aged 84) • Japan
Notable Works “Minase Sangin Hyakuin: A Poem of One Hundred Links Composed by Three Poets at Minase”
Issa
Japanese poet
Shōtetsu
Japanese poet
Fujiwara Shunzei
Japanese poet and critic
Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality
Bashō
Bashō
Japanese poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Abe Kōbō
Japanese author
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Japanese poet
Ihara Saikaku
Japanese author
Hagiwara Sakutarō
Japanese poet
Fujiwara Sadaie
Japanese poet
Kamo Chōmei
Japanese poet
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk
Ishikawa Takuboku
Japanese poet
Iio Sōgi
Japanese poet
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese writer
Kawakami Hajime.
Kawakami Hajime
Japanese journalist
Buson: landscape painting
Buson
Japanese artist and poet
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese author
Matsunaga Teitoku
Japanese poet

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