About Kagami Shikō
Lived 1665 – 1731 (aged 65–66). Kagami Shikō was a Japanese haiku poet and writer.
Biography
Shikō was born in Nishiyama, Kitano Village, Yamagata district, Mino Province (in present-day Gifu). He lost his father at a young age and entered the to train as a Zen Buddhist monk. Around the age of 19, however, he left the temple and returned to secular life, living in Kyōto and Iseyama. He was adopted by the Kagami family, into which his second eldest sister had married, and took their name.
Shikō met Matsuo Bashō in Ōmi in April 1690, at the age of 26, and became his disciple. Consequently, he accompanied Bashō to Edo the following year. Thereafter, he posed as his own disciple, publishing under pseudonyms like Renjibō and ,
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Who was Kagami Shikō?
Japanese poet and writer
When was Kagami Shikō born?
Kagami Shikō was born in 1665 in Yamagata district.
When did Kagami Shikō die?
Kagami Shikō died on 14 March 1731 in Daichi-ji Temple.
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Kagami Shikō was a haiku poet and writer.
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Kagami Shikō was Japanese.
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