Murata Shūgyo
Murata Shūgyo ( Japanese 村田 周 魚 , real name: Murata Taisuke ( 村田 泰 助 ); born November 17, 1889 in Tokyo Prefecture ; † April 11, 1967 ) was a Japanese poet.
Murata began writing haiku at the age of six and turned to senryu at the age of seventeen . He is considered 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 Senryū poets in Tokyo. Murata has published several volumes of poetry (including Shugyo kushu , 周 魚 句 集 ; Senryu zatsuwa , 川 柳 雑 話 ; Meiso dokugo , 明 窓 独 語 ). A selection of his works was published in Tokyo in 1979.
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SURNAME | Murata, Shūgyo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 村田 周 魚 (Japanese); Murata Taisuke (real name); 村田 泰 助 (real name, Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese lyric poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |
DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1967 |