Takahama Kyoshi (1874-1959) studied haiku under Masaoka Shiki since he was a junior high school student. He aspired an objective and realistic poetry and followed the traditional haiku expressing nature as it is. As the leader of “Hototogisu School”, he protected the tradition of haiku. On the contrary, other Shiki’s dicipline Kawahigashi Hekigoto seeked a new style of haiku poetry.
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