Arakida Moritake

Arakida Moritake (荒木田 守武) was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with Sōgi. He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shintoist. At the age of 69, he became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.

Moritake's most famous poem:
 * A fallen blossom
 * returning to the bough, I thought -- 
 * But no, a butterfly.
 * (Translation by Steven D. Carter)