Ōta Nanpo
JAPANESE POET, FICTION WRITER AND SAMURAI BUREAUCRAT OF THE LATE-EDO PERIOD
Ota Nanpo; Ota Nampo; Ōta Nampo; Yomo no Akara
was the most oft-used penname of Ōta Tan, a late Edo-period Japanese poet and fiction writer. Ōta Nanpo wrote primarily in the comedic forms of kyōshi, derived from comic Chinese verse, and kyōka, derived from waka poetry.