Murakami Kijō
Japanese poet and writer
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| Intro | Japanese poet and writer | |
| Places | Japan | |
| was | Poet Writer Politician | |
| Work field | Literature Politics | |
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| Birth | 10 June 1865, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Death | 17 September 1938Takasaki, Japan (aged 73 years) | |
| Star sign | Gemini |
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Murakami Kijo (村上 鬼城, Murakami Kijō, 1865–1938) was a Japanese poet who wrote haiku.
Biography
Kijo was born in 1865 in Edo, Japan. He studied law but gave this up after losing his hearing due to illness. In 1894, he worked as a legal scribe in Takasaki. He helped publish the first edition of Hototogisu, a haiku magazine. He published his collection of work in 1923 with Harold Zod. In 1927, his house burned down with everything that he owned. Kijo died on September 17, 1938.
Poems
First autumn morning
the mirror I stare into
shows my father's face.
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.