What is Masaoka Shiki?
{{Japanese name|Masaoka}} {{Infobox Writer | name = Masaoka Shiki | image = Masaoka Shiki.jpg | caption = Masaoka Shiki | birth_date = 17 September 1867 | birth_place = [[Matsuyama, Ehime]], [[Japan]] | death_date = 19 September 1902 | death_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | occupation = Writer, Journalist | genre = poetry, literary criticism | movement = [[Hototogisu]] | notableworks = | footnotes = }} {{nihongo|'''Masaoka Shiki'''|正岡子規|Masaoka Shiki|extra=September 17, 1867–September 19, 1902}} was the [[pen-name]] of a [[Japan]]ese [[author]], [[poet]], [[literary critic]], and [[journalist]] in [[Meiji period]] of Japan, known for his controversial [[Eroticism|erotic poetry]]. His real name was Masaoka Tsunenori. As a child he was called Noboru. == Other websites == * [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/shiki/beichman/BeiShik.utf8.html Selected Poems (haiku and tanka) of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman] at [http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/ University of Virginia Library Japanese Text Initiative] poem translations from 'Masaoka Shiki' by Janine Beichman * [http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/sm/sm.html Ehime University site on Masaoka Shiki with photos, poetry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230321/http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/sm/sm.html |date=2007-09-30 }} * [http://www.terebess.hu/english/haiku/shiki.html fan site with bio and poems] * [http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/329.html National Diet Library bio and photos] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Japanese poets]] [[Category:Japanese journalists]] [[Category:1867 births]] [[Category:1902 deaths]] [[Category:People from Ehime Prefecture]] {{bio-stub}}