Background
Teiu Gyokuunsa was born in 1734 in Japan.
Teiu Gyokuunsa was born in 1734 in Japan.
An oil merchant by profession, he was a leading kyoka, or comic waka, composer around the Temmei Era (1781-1788) in Osaka. According to a record, about 1,300 people studied the art of kyoka composition under him.