Sōgi

He came from a humble family from the province of Kii or Ōmi, and died in Hakone on September 1, 1502.

Sōgi was a Zen monk from the Shōkoku-ji temple in Kyoto and he studied poetry, both waka and renga.

During his travels to almost every corner of Japan, he was welcomed by the most powerful political, military and literary figures of his day.

He is best-remembered for his renga, wherein two or more poets collaborate to create a poem, by writing alternate stanzas.

[3] This outstanding poet left more than 90 works (anthologies, diaries, poetic criticisms and manuals, among others).