Karasuma Mitsuhiro

1579〜1638
He was a noble and poet. He studied waka poetry under Sansai Hosokawa (細川三斎). In his later life, he went to Edo (now Tokyo) frequent and taught waka to Iemitsu Tokugawa (徳川家光). He had an interaction with many artists including Koetsu Honami (本阿弥光悦) and Sotatsu Tawaraya (俵屋宗達).