Background
Ontei Shinohara was born in 1872, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Original personal name: Hideyoshi.
Ontei Shinohara was born in 1872, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Original personal name: Hideyoshi.
He went to Tokyo and became a reporter of the Kokumin Shimbun (newspaper). Began composing haiku following the style of Shiki Masaoka (1897). Started the haiku magazine Dojo (On the Earth) with Seiho Shimada (1922).