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Ōtomo no Tabito
Japanese poet and writer
Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability.
Hosokawa Fujitaka
daimyo
Takarai Kikaku
Japanese poet
Ōtomo no Kuronushi
Japanese poet
Uragami Gyokudō
Japanese painter, musician and poet (1745-1820)
Rokkasen
thumb|488x488px|Rokkasen, by Hokusai The are six Japanese poets of the mid-ninth century who were named by Ki no Tsurayuki in the kana and mana prefaces to the poetry anthology Kokin wakashū (c. 905–14) as notable poets of the generation before its compilers.
Ariwara no Motokata
Japanese poet
Murasaki Yamada
Japanese feminist essayist, manga artist, and poet (1948–2009)
Kodai no Kimi
Japanese poet
Uma no Naishi
Japanese poet
Tachibana Akemi
Japanese writer (1812–1868)
Hachijō-in no Takakura
12th-13th century Japanese poet
Gofukakusa-in no shōshō no naishi
Japanese poet
Kambara Ariake
Japanese writer (1876-1952)
Sōhekimon-in no Shōshō
Japanese poet
Sonome
thumb|right|200px|portrait by Kurihara Nobumitsu Shiba Sonome (1664–1726, 斯波 園女) was a Japanese zen poet. She was an acquaintance and friend of Matsuo Bashō, and their correspondence is a treasure of zen and haiku history. On a final visit in 1694, Bashō paid homage to her in a haiku, hiragiku no me ni tatete miru chiri mo nashi, 白菊の目に立てゝ見る塵もなし, in the eye of a white chrysanthemum, there is not a speck of dust.
Takeko Kujō
Japanese poet
Ōnakatomi no Sukechika
Japanese poet
Minamoto no Michitomo
Japanese poet and writer
Fujiwara no Tamekane
poet (1254-1332)
Shinkei
Shinkei (心敬, 1406 – 14 May 1475) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet (tanka and renga poetry).
Go-Toba-in no Shimotsuke
Gishūmon-in no Tango
Japanese poet
list of Japanese-language poets
Wikimedia list article
Kayōmon-in no Echizen
Japanese poet
Taijirō Amazawa
Japanese poet, translator and writer (1936–2023)
Saishū Onoe
Japanese poet
Gyōi
was a Japanese poet and Buddhist monk of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
Jun Ishiwara
Japanese poet and physicist (1881–1947)