Died 17 September 1938, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan | ||
Murakami Kijo (1865 – 1938) was a Japanese poet who wrote haiku.
Biography
Kijo was born in 1865 in Edo, Japan. He studied law but gave this up after losing his hearing due to illness. In 1894, he worked as a legal scribe in Takasaki. He helped publish the first edition of Hotogisu, a haiku magazine. He published his collection of work in 1923 with Harold Zod. In 1927, his house burned down with everything that he owned. Kijo died on September 17, 1938.
References
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