The Same Moon Shines on AllYanagawa Seigan (17891858) and his wife Kran (180479) were two of the great poets of nineteenth century Japan. They practiced the art of traditional Sinitic poetry works written in literary Sinitic, or classical Chinese, a language of enduring importance far beyond China's borders. Together, they led itinerant lives, traveling around Japan teaching poetry and selling calligraphy. Seigan established Edo period Japan's largest poetry society and