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Also Known As Ho Sho
Born December 7, 1878 • near Ōsaka • Japan
Died May 29, 1942 (aged 63) • Tokyo • Japan
Notable Works “Tangled Hair”

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Kitano Takeshi
Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality
Bashō
Bashō
Japanese poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Abe Kōbō
Japanese author
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Kakinomoto Hitomaro
Japanese poet
Ihara Saikaku
Japanese author
Hagiwara Sakutarō
Japanese poet
Fujiwara Sadaie
Japanese poet
Kamo Chōmei
Japanese poet
Kūkai
Japanese Buddhist monk
Ishikawa Takuboku
Japanese poet
Iio Sōgi
Japanese poet
Sei Shōnagon
Japanese writer
Kawakami Hajime.
Kawakami Hajime
Japanese journalist
Buson: landscape painting
Buson
Japanese artist and poet
Masaoka Shiki
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Fujiwara Shunzei
Japanese poet and critic
Issa
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Shōtetsu
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Matsunaga Teitoku
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