Background
Endo Taruho was born in 1814 in Tatebayashi (Gumma Prefecture), Japan.
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Endo Taruho was born in 1814 in Tatebayashi (Gumma Prefecture), Japan.
He was apprenticed in a dry goods store in Ashikaga town. The keeper of the store, who was a disciple of Moribe Tachibana, initiated him into waka poetry in evening hours after work. Later Taruho became a direct disciple of Moribe and was devoted to poetry in his late years.