◇ Ariga Nagatsura: A Tōtōha poet (7th generation head of the Ariga family of poets) and father of legal scholar Ariga Naga'o

◇ Ariga Nagatsugu
A poet of the High-Minded school (7th head of the Ariga family)
Born in Osaka, son of Ariga Nagamoto. Born into a family of poetry, many disciples gathered, and his school flourished greatly.
He respected Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, who was praised as the Sage of Poetry, and his poems are said to have exuded an otherworldly charm.
Born in Settsu Province (a native of Osaka)
Also known as: Jōshinsai, son of Ariga Nagamoto
Father of Ariga Nagawo, Japan's first Nobel Prize nominee (though he did not win)
Related work: Take no Shitsushi (Under the Bamboo Branch), published in Meiji 41 (1908)
Born Bunsei 1 (1818) - Died Meiji 39 (1906), aged 89.

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