Kitamura Kigin

Kitamura Kigin (; born January 19, 1624 in Kitamura, Yasu-gun, Ōmi Province (now Yasu, Shiga Prefecture); died August 4, 1705) was a Japanese haiku poet and scholar.

Biography Kitamura, who came from a family of doctors, was a student of Yasuhara Teishitsu (1610–1673) and his teacher Matsunaga Teitoku.

At the age of 23, he published a collection of haiku entitled Yama no i, which made him known as a member of the Teitoku school. In addition to his own haiku, he wrote commentaries on classic works of Japanese literature such as The Tales of Ise, The Pillow Book, The Tale of Genji and Tsurezuregusa. He wrote his first commentary on the Yamato Monogatari at the age of 29. His most famous student was the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō.

Selected works Yama no i Yamato monogatari-shō Ise monogatari shūsuishō Genji monogatari kogetsushō Inagoshū Hakai umoregi Iwa tsutsuji