
Shiki Masaoka
Author · 1 book
Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規), pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡 升), was a poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, leading the Hototogisu school. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.