Tani Sōyō (谷 宗養) (c. 1526–1563) was the son of Tani Sobuko. Sōyō was known as one of the most talented renga composers of his era. Being mainly known at being a rival of the famed composer, Satomura Joha, who was the leading master of the linked verse after Sōyō's death.[1]

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  1. ^ Keene, Donald (1981). "Jōha, a Sixteenth-Century Poet of Linked Verse". In Ellison, George; Smith, Bardwell L. (eds.). Warlords, Artists and Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 116, 121. doi:10.1515/9780824844929-009. ISBN 978-0-8248-4492-9.