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Ota Nanpo

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Monument to Shokusanjin at Kan'ei-ji, Ueno, Tokyo
  • Born: 1749
  • Died: 1823
  • Other Names: 蜀山人 (Shokusanjin), 直次郎 (Naojirô), 四方赤良 (Yomono Akara)
  • Japanese: 大田南畝 (Oota Nanpo)

Ôta Nanpo was an Edo period literatus, a kangaku and kokugaku scholar, kyôka poet, and shogunal retainer. Along with Karagoromo Kisshû and Akera Kankô, he was considered one of the Three Great Masters of tanka poetry of his time.

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References

  • Plaque on-site at Kan'ei-ji.
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