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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
Which haiku poet was also a famous painter?
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Yosa Buson
Which Japanese poet wrote 'The old pond — a frog jumps in, sound of water'?
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Matsuo Bashō
What is the name of the haiku magazine founded by Masaoka Shiki in 1897?
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Hototogisu
What is the full name of the collaborative linked-verse form that included haiku?
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haikai no renga
What was the name of Bashō's first published haiku collection?
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The Seashell Game
What year did Masaoka Shiki die?
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1902
What is the term for a humorous or satirical haiku?
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senryū