Murata Shūgyo

Murata Shūgyo (jap. 村田 周 魚, real name: Murata Taisuke (村田 泰 助), * November 17, 1889 in the Tokyo Prefecture, † 11 April 1967) was a Japanese lyric poet

Murata began to write Haiku at the age of six, and at the age of seventeen turned to Senryu. He is one of the six great Senryū poets (六 大家, rokudaika) and was one of the founders of the Kiyari Senryū club, the largest association of senryu poets in Tokyo. Murata published several poems (among others, Shugyo kushu, 周 魚 句 集, Senryu zatsuwa, 川 柳 雑 話, Meiso dokugo, 明 窓 独 語). A selection of his works appeared in Tokyo in 1979. Edit sourcetext Single-level Edit source text Standard data (person): LCCN: n84068472 NDL: 00049054 | VIAF: 55546753 | Wikipedia People Search

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