in northern Kyūshū, from 728-730 Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴家持 (c. 718–785), Nara period statesman and waka poet; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; son of Ōtomo no Tabito, older brother of Ōtomo no Kakimochi, nephew of Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume Ozaki Hōsai 尾崎 放哉 pen name of Ozaki Hideo (1885–1926), late Meiji period and Taishō period poet Ozaki Kihachi 尾崎喜八 (1892–1974), Shōwa period poet Ozaki Kōyō 尾崎 紅葉, pen name of Ozaki Tokutaro 尾崎 徳太郎 (1868–1903), novelist, essayist and haiku poet R Ryōkan 良寛 (1758–1831), waka poet and calligrapher, Buddhist monk, hermit S Saigyō Hōshi 西行法師 pen name of Satō Norikiyo 佐藤義清, who took the religious name En'i 円位 (1118–1190), late Heian and early Kamakura period waka poet who worked as a guard to retired Emperor Toba, then became a Buddhist monk at age 22 Mokichi Saitō (1882–1953), Taishō period poet of the Araragi school, and a psychiatrist; father of novelist Kita Morio Sakae Tsuboi 壺井栄 (1899–1967), novelist and poet Sakanoue no Korenori 坂上是則 (fl. 9th century), early Heian waka poet; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; has a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology Sakanoue no Mochiki, 坂上望城, (dates unknown) one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber Santō Kyōden 山東京伝, pen name of Samuru Iwase 岩瀬醒, also known popularly as "Kyōya Denzō" 京屋伝蔵 (1761–1816), Edo period poet, writer and artist; brother of Santō Kyōzan Taneda Santōka 種田 山頭火 pen name of Taneda Shōichi 種田 正一 (1882–1940), author and free-verse haiku poet Sarumaru no Taifu (fl. 9th century) 猿丸大夫, also known as "Sarumaru no Dayū", early Heian period waka poet; one of the Thirty Six Poetic Sages; no detailed histories or legends about him exist, and he may never have existed; some believe he was Prince Yamashiro no Ōe Mikirō Sasaki 佐々木幹郎, also known as "Mikio Sasaki", (born 1947), poet and travel writer Sasaki Nobutsuna 佐佐木信綱 (1872–1963), Shōwa period tanka poet and scholar of the Nara and Heian periods Satomura Shōkyū 里村昌休 (1510–1552), leading master of the linked verse renga after the death of Tani Sobuko in 1545 Sei Shōnagon 清少納言 (c. 966–1017), middle Heian period author, poet and court lady who served Empress Teishi/Empress Sadako; best known as the author of The Pillow Book Semimaru 蝉丸, also known as "Semimaro" (fl. 9th century), early Heian period poet and musician ; some accounts say he was a son of Uda Tennō,