1. Ōta Nampowas the most oft-used penname of Ōta Tan, a late Edo period Japanese poet and fiction writer. He wrote primarily in the comedic forms of kyōshi, derived from comic Chinese verse, and kyōka, derived from waka poetry. His pennames also include Yomo no Akara, Yomo Sanjin, Kyōkaen, and Shokusanjin (蜀山人). Born into a lower-status samurai family in Edo, Nampo served the shogunate in various ways throughout his life.
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Read “大田南畝” on Japanese Wikipedia
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