Arakida Moritake
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was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka
Waka (poetry)
Waka or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature...

, renga
Renga
' is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry. A renga consists of at least two or stanzas, usually many more. The opening stanza of the renga, called the , became the basis for the modern haiku form of poetry....

, and in particular haikai
Haikai
Haikai is a poetic genre that includes a number of forms which embrace the aesthetics of haikai no renga, and what Bashō referred to as the "poetic spirit" , including haiku, renku , haibun, haiga and senryū ."Haikai" is sometimes used as an abbreviation for "haikai no...

. He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shinto
Shinto
or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...

ist. 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.

Links

  • Arakida Moritake on Wikilivres
  • A history of Japanese literature
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