was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of

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renga ''Renga'' (, ''linked verse'') is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternating stanzas, or ''ku (''句), of 5-7-5 and 7-7 mora (sound units, not to be confused with syllables) per line are linked in succession by multiple poets. ...

, and in particular

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. ...

. He studied renga with Sōgi. He was the son of

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, and a

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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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* A history of Japanese literature 1473 births 1549 deaths Japanese haiku poets {{japan-poet-stub