was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with

Sōgi Iio Sōgi, (or Inō Sōgi) generally known as , was a Japanese poet. He came from a humble family from the province of Kii or Ōmi, and died in Hakone on September 1, 1502. Sōgi was a Zen monk from the Shokokuji temple in Kyoto and he studied ...

. He was the son of

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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.'' :(Translation by Steven D. Carter)Carter, 1991. p340

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1473 births 1549 deaths Japanese haiku poets {{japan-poet-stub