Yokoi Yayū
Life. Yayū was born in Nagoya, the first son of who served the Owari Domain. He inherited the Yokoi House's patrimony at twenty-six and held important posts of the Owari Domain. He was for example "yōnin" (manager of general affairs), "Ōbangashira" (chief of guard) and "Jisha-Bugyō" (manager of religious affairs). In 1754, at age 53, he retired for health reasons. Yayū moved to (now in Naka-ku, Nagoya), and lived in the hermitage. He was a prolific and respected composer of haibun, Classical Chinese poems, waka and Japanese satirical poems, and was an adept of  the Japanese tea ceremony. Works. Yayū also excelled in Japanese martial arts, studied Confucianism and learned haikai from Mutō Hajaku (武藤巴雀) and Ōta Hajō (太田巴静). Hajaku and Hajō were pupils of Kagami Shikō (各務支考), a leading disciple of Matsuo Bashō. Mori Senzō (森銑三), a student of old Japanese literature, compared his "hokku" to senryū, and said they were not as interesting as his "haibun". Yayū has been described as a master of "haibun", and Nagai Kafū 永井荷風　called Yayū's "haibun" a model of Japanese prose.