Japanese Poetry - Important Poets (premodern)

Important Poets (premodern)

  • Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
  • Ariwara no Narihira
  • Ono no Komachi
  • Izumi Shikibu
  • Murasaki Shikibu
  • Saigyō
  • Fujiwara no Teika
  • Matsuo Bashō
  • Yosa Buson
  • Yokoi Yayū
  • Kobayashi Issa

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