page_title: Arakida Moritake
hierarchical_section_title: Arakida Moritake
caption_attribution_description: English: Arakida Moritake (1473 — 1549). (荒木田 守武) Japanese poet
context_page_description: Arakida Moritake was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with Sōgi. He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shintoist. At the age of 69, he became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.
  Moritake's most famous poem:
  A fallen blossom
  returning to the bough, I thought --
  But no, a butterfly.
context_section_description: Arakida Moritake (荒木田 守武, 1473 – August 30, 1549) was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with Sōgi. He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shintoist. At the age of 69, he became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.
  Moritake's most famous poem:
  A fallen blossom
  returning to the bough, I thought -- 
  But no, a butterfly.
  (Translation by Steven D. Carter)
caption: Arakida Moritake
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