was a Japanese

haiku is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 Mora (linguistics), morae (called ''On (Japanese prosody), on'' in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; that include a ''kire ...

poet, and a close disciple of

Matsuo Bashō ; born , later known as was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. 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 th ...

Family and character

A physician's son, Kyorai was born in

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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 with Nozawa Bonchō, of the '' Sarumino'' (''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

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* * 1651 births 1704 deaths Writers of the Edo period 17th-century Japanese poets Japanese haiku poets {{japan-writer-stub

Family and character

As poet

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