poet Jun'ichi Yoda 与田凖 (1905–1997), Shōwa period poet and children's book author Yokoi Yayū 横井 也有, born and took the pseudonym Tatsunojō (1702–1783), samurai, scholar of Kokugaku, and a haikai poet (family name: Yokoi) Yosa Buson see Buson Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (1716–1783), Edo-period poet and painter; along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, considered among the greatest poets of the Edo period and one of the greatest haiku poets of all time Akiko Yosano 与謝野 晶子 pen-name of Yosano Shiyo (1878–1942), late Meiji period, Taishō period and early Shōwa period poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist and social reformer; one of the most famous, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan Tekkan Yosano 与謝野 鉄幹 pen-name of Yosano Hiroshi (1873–1935), late Meiji period, Taishō and early Shōwa period author and poet ; husband of author Yosano Akiko.; grandfather of cabinet minister and politician Kaoru Yosano Yoshii Isamu 吉井勇 (1886–1960), Taishō and Shōwa period tanka poet and playwright Takaaki Yoshimoto 吉本隆明, also known as "Ryūmei Yoshimoto" (born 1924), poet, literary critic, and philosopher; father of the writer Banana Yoshimoto and cartoonist Haruno Yoiko Yoshino Hideo 吉野秀雄 (1902–1967), Shōwa period tanka poet Groups and schools Danrin school Five Men of the Pear Chamber Nijō poetic school Rokujō family Six best Waka poets Thirty-six Poetry Immortals Haiku masters Matsuo Bashō Yosa Buson Fukuda Chiyo-ni Kobayashi Issa Masaoka Shiki See also Haiku Japanese poetry Kanshi (poetry written in Chinese by Japanese poets) List of Japanese poetry anthologies Waka including tanka Timeline Infographic of Japanese Language Poets Notes Japanese language Poets