Arakida Moritake

 ( 1473 Births ) 

1473 – August 30, 1549 was a Japanese poet who excelled in the fields of waka, renga, and in particular haikai. He studied renga with Sōgi.Carter, Steven D. Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology. Stanford University Press, 1991. p338 He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a . 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)Carter, 1991. p340