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Masaoka Shiki, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry. Some consider Shiki to be one of the four great haiku masters, the others being Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa.

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The summer river
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On how to sing
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at the full moon's
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On the sandy beach
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a fancy-free cat
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Buddha-death
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Moon and plum blossoms
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The dead body
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crimson sunset
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almost black
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Lotus leaves in the pond
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Matsuyama castle
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clouds're running past
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A spring day
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following
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behind the stand
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morning coolness
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even snake gourds
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rice flowers
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The snake gourd blossoms
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with advancing autumn
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autumn is leaving
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purple unto
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the wallet
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splitting wood
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chestnut rice
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