Shūōshi Mizuhara (水原秋桜子; October 9, 1892 – 1981) was a Japanese '' haiku'' poet and physician. Shūōshi Mizuhara was born on October 9, 1892, in Tokyo. Shūōshi's father was a doctor and raised Shūōshi to follow in his footsteps, eventually taking over his medical practice. Shūōshi graduated with an MD from Tokyo University in 1926, specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology. He became a professor at Showa Medical College in 1928 and was appointed medical advisor for the Ministry of the Imperial Household in 1932. Following World War II, Shūōshi gave up his medical practice to focus on poetry. Shūōshi's father unsuccessfully attempted to discourage his son's interest in literature. Shūōshi first became interested in '' tanka'' and only later turned to ''haiku''. He was initially attached to ''Shibukaki'' school of ''haiku'' led by Tōyōjō Matsune, but, profoundly influenced by Kyoshi Takahama's manifesto ''Susumubeki haiku no michi'' ("The Path on Which Haiku Must Advance"), he soon joined the '' Hototogisu'' school and was prominently featured in the magazine. He increasingly grew dissatisfied with what he saw as the restrictive conservative principles of the ''Hototogisu'' group. He published his first ''haiku'' collection, ''Katsushika'', in 1930 to a tepid response from Kyoshi. The volume is now recognized by critics as a key work in the modernization of ''haiku.'' The next year, he wrote a

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manifesto that served as his exit from ''Hototogisu,'' "Truth in Nature and Truth in Literature", where he wrote: He and his followers had their own publication, ''Ashibi'' (" Staggerbush"), a rebranding of a magazine called ''Hamayumi.''

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