Background
An Chigura was born in 1761. He was a native of Hitachi (Ibaraki Prefecture).
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also known as
Shimodoke Michiwaru
Career
He came to Yedo and became a publisher of collections of comic verses. He learned writing comic verses under Hikaru Tsumuri and became famous as a humorist. One of the best comic poets in the late Yedo Period.
