noun
renga poet
A poet who composes renga, a form of Japanese collaborative linked verse.
宗祇は有名な連歌師だった。
Sōgi was a famous renga poet.
俳諧師 is a haikai poet, a related but later form of linked verse that evolved from renga.
Compound of 連歌 (renga, 'linked verse') and 師 (shi, 'master' or 'teacher').