Name Arakida Moritake Role Poet | Died 1549 | |
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Arakida Moritake (荒木田 守武, 1473 – August 30, 1549) was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with Sōgi. He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shintoist. At the age of 69, he became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.
Moritake's most famous poem:
A fallen blossom returning to the bough, I thought -- But no, a butterfly. (Translation by Steven D. Carter)References
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