Kashiwagi Jotei

Japanese: 柏木如亭 - かしわぎ・じょてい

Year of death: 10th July 1819 (30th August 1819)
Year of birth: 1763 (13th year of the Horeki era)
A Chinese poet of the mid-Edo period. His given name was Akira, his pen name was Eijitsu, he was commonly known as Monsaku, and his pen names were Nyotei and Shochiku. Born into a family of carpenters for the Edo Shogunate, he studied poetry under Ichikawa Kansai at a young age, and joined the Jianghu Poetry Society, playing a part in changing the Edo poetry world from the archaic style of Kobunji Kacho to the new Seirei style of poetry that dealt with everyday subjects. He took over the family business as a carpenter for the small construction department, but he continued to live a life of debauchery in Yoshiwara, squandering all the family fortune and resigning from his job in 1794 at the age of 32. He then turned to the life of a traveling poet, traveling to Joshu, Shinshu, Echigo, and as far west as Kyoto, Ise, Bitchu, and Sanuki, where he made a living by teaching poetry and selling calligraphy and paintings, but died in Kyoto. He lived an epicurean life, wearing fashionable clothes and enjoying fine food, but when it came to poetry he maintained a sober attitude and left behind many fresh lyric poems. His works include the poetry collections "Mokukoshu" (1793), "Nyoten Sanjin Koshoshu" (1810), "Nyoten Sanjin Ikoshu" (1822), and the Chinese essay "Shihonsho" (1822), which records his memories of travels and delicious food. <References> "Kashiwagi Nyotenshu" edited by Ibi Takashi

(Ibi High School)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：文政2.7.10(1819.8.30)
生年：宝暦13(1763)
江戸中期の漢詩人。名は昶,字は永日,通称は門作,号は如亭,痩竹など。江戸幕府の小普請方大工棟梁の家に生まれ,若くして市河寛斎に詩を学び,江湖詩社に参加して,江戸詩壇を擬古主義的な古文辞格調派の詩風から日常的な題材を詠う清新性霊派の詩風へと転換させる一翼を担った。家職を嗣いで小普請方の大工棟梁だったが,吉原での遊蕩がやまず,家財を使い果たして寛政6(1794)年32歳で職を辞した。その後は遊歴詩人の生活に転じ,上州,信州,越後をはじめ,西は京都,伊勢,備中,讃岐にまで足をのばし,詩を教え,書画を売って生計を立てたが,京都に客死した。終生流行の服を身につけ,美食を好むというエピキュリアンの日常であったが,詩に向かうときは謹直な姿勢を崩さず,清新な抒情詩を多く残した。著書は詩集に『木工集』(1793)『如亭山人稿初集』(1810)『如亭山人遺稿』(1822),旅と美味の思い出を記した漢文随筆に『詩本草』(1822)など。<参考文献>揖斐高編『柏木如亭集』

(揖斐高)

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