Arakida Moritake
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Moritake.jpg/220px-Moritake.jpg)
Arakida Moritake
Arakida Moritake (荒木田 守武, 1473 – August 30, 1549) was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with Sōgi.[1] He was the son of , and a Shintoist. At the age of 69, he became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.
Moritake's most famous poem:
- A fallen blossom
- returning to the bough, I thought --
- But no, a butterfly.
- (Translation by Steven D. Carter)[2]
Notes[]
External links[]
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arakida Moritake. |
Categories:
- 1473 births
- 1549 deaths
- Japanese haiku poets
- Japanese writer stubs
- Asian poet stubs