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Which 20th-century Japanese poet is known for free-form haiku and a wandering lifestyle?
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Taneda Santōka
Which poet wrote 'The sea darkens; the voices of the wild ducks are faintly white'?
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Matsuo Bashō
Which poet wrote 'The light of a candle is transferred to another candle — spring twilight'?
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Yosa Buson
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Which 20th-century Japanese poet is known for free-form haiku and a wandering lifestyle?
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Taneda Santōka
What year did Kobayashi Issa die?
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1827
Which poet wrote 'The world of dew is a world of dew, and yet, and yet...'?
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Kobayashi Issa
What is the name of the 36-verse linked poetry form?
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Kasen
Which poet wrote 'Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually'?
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Kobayashi Issa
Which poet wrote 'The falling flower I saw drift back to the branch — it was a butterfly'?
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Arakida Moritake
Which poet is known as 'the haiku master of the common people'?
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Kobayashi Issa