Background
Kigin Kitamura was born at Awataguchi in Yamashiro Province (Kyoto Prefecture). Pen names: Shusuiken and Kogetsusai.
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Kitamura Kigin shū (Tenri Toshokan Wataya bunko haisho shūsei) (Japanese Edition)
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Hyakunin isshu shūsui shō (Hyakunin isshu chūshakusho sōkan) (Japanese Edition)
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Kokin waka syu zenchu: Hachidaisyu syo ichi Hatidaisyu syo (Japanese Edition) eBook: Kitamura Kigin, Mizukaki Hisashi: Books
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Kigin Kitamura
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also known as
Shusuiken , Kogetsusai
Education
Kigin Kitamura studied waka poetry under Masaaki Asukai and Sanenari Shimizudani, and haiku poetry under Teishitsu Yasuhara and Teitoku Matsunaga.
Career
Kigin Kitamura became Shinto priest of Tamatsushima Shrine in Kyoto, then master of Poetry Bureau of the Shogunate. He published many commentaries on Japanese classics and waka poetry which were of great use to posterity. Main works are Genji Monogatari Kogetsu-sho, Makura-no-soshi Shunsho-sho and Manyd-shu Shusui- shu, all commentaries on classics.
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