Masaoka Shiki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Masaoka Shiki

Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1867

Place of Birth: Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1902

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, baseball player, tanka poet

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Masaoka Shiki (?? ??, October 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902), 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 reform of tanka poetry.Some consider Shiki to be one of the four great haiku masters, the others being Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa.