Background
Sozei was born in Tajima, Fukushima, Japan.
Sozei was born in Tajima, Fukushima, Japan.
Sozei was a retainer of the Yamanas. He was well known as a renga composer in the Eikyo Era and contributed largely to the popularization of that form of poetry.
He wrote many books on renga. Sogi, the great master of the art, made much of his poetry and included 351 poems of his in Chikurinshil and 114 in Shin Tsukubashu.