was a Japanese haiku poet, and a close disciple of Matsuo Bashà Â.
A physician's son, Kyorai was born in Nagasaki to a samurai family. Fond of the martial arts, he was after his death described as having "a soft part and a hard part at the same time".
His wife Kana-jo and sister Chine-jo were also notable haiku writers.
Kyorai connected with Bashà  in the 1680s, at the time when the latter was developing his theories of sabi, by which Kyorai was strongly influenced.
In 1691 he was one of the compilers, together with Nozawa Bonchà Â, of the Sarumino (Monkey's Straw Raincoat) Bashà Â-school collection. After Bashà Â's death he produced Kyoraishà Â, a rich source for the ideas of, and anecdotes about, his master.