Matsunaga Teitoku

Matsunaga Teitoku
松永 貞徳
Born1571
Died1654
Other names長頭丸 (Tyōzumaru)
逍遊軒 (Syōyūken)
EraEdo period
ChildrenMatsunaga Sekigo
FatherMatsunaga Eisyu

Matsunaga Teitoku (松永 貞徳; 1570–1653) was a Japanese haikai and waka poet. As a teacher of Teimon Haikai, he spread haikai throughout Japan. He was considered by R H Blyth to be the most important of Matsuo Bashō's predecessors.

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