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* * 1651 births 1704 deaths Japanese writers of the Edo period 17th-century Japanese poets Japanese haiku poets {{japan-writer-stub
was a Japanese haikai
''Haikai'' (Japanese 俳諧 ''comic, unorthodox'') may refer in both Japanese and English to ''haikai no renga'' (renku), a popular genre of Japanese linked verse, which developed in the sixteenth century out of the earlier aristocratic renga. I ...
poet, and a close disciple of Matsuo Bashō
born then was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative '' haikai no renga'' form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest ma ...
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Family and character
A physician's son, Kyorai was born inNagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
to a samurai family. Fond of the martial arts, he was after his death described as having "a soft part and a hard part at the same time".
His wife Kana-jo and sister Chine-jo were also notable haiku writers.
As poet
Kyorai connected with Bashō in the 1680s, at the time when the latter was developing his theories of Sabi, by which Kyorai was strongly influenced. In 1691 he was one of the compilers, together withNozawa Bonchō
was a Japanese haikai poet. He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor. Bonchō was one of Matsuo Bashō's leading disciples and, together with Kyorai, he edited the Bashō school's '' Monkey's Raincoat'' ...
, of the ''Sarumino
is a 1691 anthology, considered the ''magnum opus'' of Bashō-school poetry.Shirane 1998, 20 It contains four kasen renku as well as some 400 hokku, collected by Nozawa Bonchō and Mukai Kyorai under the supervision of Matsuo Bashō.Mayhew 198 ...
'' (''Monkey's Straw Raincoat'') Bashō-school collection. After Bashō's death he produced ''Kyoraishō'', a rich source for the ideas of, and anecdotes about, his master.Carter, Steven. ''Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology'' Stanford University Press, 1993. . p376
See also
*Hattori Ransetsu
Hattori Ransetsu (1654 – 1707) was an Edo samurai who became a haikai poet under the guidance of Matsuo Bashō.
R. H. Blyth considered Ransetsu to be Bashō's most representative follower.
Poetry
Ransetsu's poetry is low-keyed and austere, ref ...
*Takarai Kikaku
Takarai Kikaku ( ja, 宝井其角; 1661–1707) also known as Enomoto Kikaku, was a Japanese haikai poet and among the most accomplished disciples of Matsuo Bashō.Katō, Shūichi and Sanderson, Don. ''A History of Japanese Literature: From the ...
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