Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (born 1867)

Masaoka Shiki

Japanese poet, author, and literary critic

Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life. He also wrote on…