The poetic salons in Kyoto during the early Tokugawa period were vivified by the simmering tension between the factions of Matsunaga Teitoku 松 永貞徳 (1571-1654) and Kinoshita Chōshōshi 木 下長嘯子 (1569-1649). These two poets hailed from fundamentally different socio-economic backgrounds, displayed contrasting personalities, developed diametrically opposed views on the proper decorum for composing wak...