Hoshino Tenchi
Hoshino Tenchi | |
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| Hoshino Tenchi Hoshino Tenchi | |
| Born | January 10, 1862 |
| Died | September 17, 1950 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | writer, sword master |
| Genre | poetry, biography |
Template:Japanese name Hoshino Tenchi (星野 天知, January 10, 1862 - September 17, 1950) was a noted poet and martial arts master in Meiji period Japan.
Biography
Hoshino Tenchi was one of the founders of the Bungakukai literary magazine, which was highly influential in the development of Japanese literature and Japanese poetry in the Meiji period. Hoshino developed a literary circle with the various writers who lived near his summer home in Kamakura, where he resided from 1893. He is also known for his biographical works on the Kamakura period historical personages Mongaku, and Abutsu-ni.
In addition to his literary background, Hoshino Tenchi was also 8th Grand Master of the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū[citation needed] school of martial arts. He established the Bugei-ka, a department for the transmission of classical martial arts at the Meiji Women's College, where he also taught the Yagyū Shingan-ryū.
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