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Asukai Masatsune 飛鳥井雅経 1170 Writer Minamoto no Michitomo 堀川通具 1171 Politician Shunzei’s Daughter 藤原俊成女 1171 Writer Minamoto no Sanetomo 源実朝 1192 Politician Gishūmon-in no Tango 宜秋門院丹後 1200 Writer Go-Saga-in chūnagon no tenji 尚侍家中納言 1201 Writer Ben no Naishi 弁内侍 1220 Writer Abutsu-ni 阿仏尼 1222 Writer Sōhekimon-in no Shōshō 藻壁門院少将 1250 Writer Fujiwara no Tamekane 京極為兼 1254 Politician Gofukakusa-in no shōshō no naishi 後深草院少将内侍 1265 Writer Saionji Shōshi 西園寺鏱子 1271 Writer Musō Soseki 夢窓疎石 1275 Philosopher Yoshida Kenkō 卜部兼好 1283 Writer Ton’a 頓阿 1289 Writer Muneyoshi-shinnō 宗良親王 1311 Writer Nijō Yoshimoto 二条良基 1320 Politician Gidō Shūshin 義堂周信 1325 Writer Imagawa Sadayo 今川貞世 1326 Writer Shōtetsu 正徹 1381 Writer Shinkei 心敬 1406 Writer Sōgi 宗祇 1421 Writer Yamazaki Sōkan 山崎宗鑑 1465 Writer Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 1473 Writer Honami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 1558 Painter Konoe Nobutada 近衛信尹 1565 Painter Matsunaga Teitoku 松永貞徳 1571 Writer Nishiyama Sōin 西山宗因 1605 Writer Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟 1625 Writer Keichū 契沖 1640 Writer Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴 1642 Writer Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 1644 Painter Mukai Kyorai 向井去来 1651 Writer Hanabusa Itchō 英一蝶 1652 Painter Arai Hakuseki 新井白石 1657 Historian Uejima Onitsura 上島鬼貫 1661 Writer Sonome 斯波園女 1664 Writer Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 1697 Philosopher Yokoi Yayū 横井也有 1702 Philosopher Karai Senryū 柄井川柳 1718 Writer Ike Gyokuran 池玉瀾 1727 Writer Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 1730 Philosopher Ueda Akinari 上田秋成 1734 Writer Uragami Gyokudō 浦上玉堂 1745 Musician Ōta Nanpo 大田南畝 1749 Writer Bōsai Kameda 亀田鵬斎 1752 Writer Ryōkan 良寛 1758 Writer Santō Kyōden 山東京伝 1761 Writer Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷 1761 Painter Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 1763 Writer Shikitei Sanba 式亭三馬 1776 Writer Rai San’yo 頼山陽 1780 Historian Tansō Hirose 広瀬淡窓 1782 Writer Ema Saikō 江馬細香 1787 Writer Kusaba Haisen 草場佩川 1787 Philosopher Hara Saihin 原采蘋 1798 Writer Chō Kōran 梁川紅蘭 1804 Writer Hagiwara Hiromichi 萩原広道 1815 Philosopher Saitō Chikudō 斎藤竹堂 1815 Historian Matsudaira Teru 松平照 1832 Writer