was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, 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 Negi Morihide, and a

Shinto , also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...

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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