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Murakami Kijō
Japanese poet and writer

Murakami Kijō

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Japanese poet and writer
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Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Place of death
Takasaki, Japan
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73 years
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Kijo in later life. Murakami Kijo memorial day is September 17.

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.

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