Hoshino Tenchi

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Hoshino Tenchi
Hoshino Tenchi
Born	10 January 1862
Died	17 September 1950
Occupation	writer, sword master
Genres	poetry, biography

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hoshino.

Hoshino Tenchi (星野天知, Hoshino Tenchi^?); 10 January 1862 - 17 September 1950) was a noted poet and martial arts master in Meiji period Japan.

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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 era. 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 Yagyu Shinkage-ryu 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 Yagyu Shingan-ryu.