Saigyo Hoshi, Japanese Monk Poet
(1118-1190)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Satō Norikiyo
  • Known as: Saigyo Hoshi
  • Birth: Unknown Date, 1118, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Death: March 23, 1190, Kawachi Province (part of modern Osaka Prefecture), Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Who he was: Japanese monk poet who wrote Sankashu (Mountain Home Collection)

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