Uejima Onitsura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese poet and writer
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Place of Birth: Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
About Uejima Onitsura
- Uejima Onitsura (????, April 1661 – 2 August 1738) was a Japanese haiku poet of the Edo period, famous in the Osaka region for his haiku poetry.
- Belonging to the Danrin school of Japanese poetry, Uejima is credited (along with other Edo-era poets) of helping to define and exemplify Basho's style of poetry. Born to a family of brewers in Itami (present-day Hyogo Prefecture), Uejima showed exceptional talent in poetry at the age of eight.
- At the age of 25, Uejima moved to Osaka, where he began his professional career in haiku and other forms of poetry.
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