Arakida Moritake

In this Japanese name, the surname is Arakida.

Arakida Moritake (荒木田 守武; 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.^[1] He was the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shintoist. At the age of 69, he became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine.

Arakida Moritake

Moritake's most famous poem:

A fallen blossom

returning to the bough, I thought --

But no, a butterfly.

(Translation by Steven D. Carter)^[2]