Inatsu Giku - Inatsu Giku

Japanese: 稲津祇空 - いなづ・ぎくう

Year of death: April 23, 1733 (June 5, 1733)
Year of birth: 1663
A haiku poet of the early and mid-Edo period. Commonly known as Itaya Goroemon. Alternative names include Seiryu, Keiyu, Takesonja, Tamaesanjin, Yumuan, and Sekishouan. A native of Osaka, he studied haiku under Okanishi Korenchu and Shiimoto Saimaro. Guided by Matsuki Tan'en, he traveled east and eventually became a disciple of Enomoto Kikaku. When Kikaku passed away, he was involved in editing the memorial collection Ruikanshi, and suddenly began to show his talent. In 1714 (Shotoku 4), he shaved his head in front of Iio Sogi's grave at Hakone Soun-ji Temple, and changed his name to Giku. He returned to Osaka for a time, but mostly lived in Edo until the early Kyoho period. He later moved to Kyoto's Murasakino Daitoku-ji Temple, where he saw the two characters Keiyu in a dream and changed his name. After traveling to various places, he established Sekishou-an in Hakone Yumoto in 1731. Many people admired his hermit-like and noble personality, and his haiku style was called "monk-style." <References> Kurahashi Rennosuke, "Giku Nenpu" ("Shimada Tsukuba Collection", Vol. 1), Inbara Taizo, "Giku" ("Inbara Taizo Collected Works", Vol. 5), Sakurai Takejiro, "Giku and Tantan" ("Buson and Issa", Japanese Literature Research Materials Series)

(Kusumoto Sixth Son)

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Japanese:

没年：享保18.4.23(1733.6.5)
生年：寛文3(1663)
江戸前・中期の俳人。通称は伊丹屋五郎右衛門。別号は青流,敬雨,竹尊者,玉笥山人,有無庵,石霜庵など。大坂の人。俳諧は岡西惟中,椎本才麿に師事。松木淡々の手引きで東下し,やがて榎本其角門に入る。其角他界の折にはその追善集『類柑子』の編集にかかわり,にわかに活躍を示し出す。正徳4(1714)年には箱根早雲寺の飯尾宗祇墓前で剃髪し,祇空と改号。一時大坂に帰郷したこともあったが,享保初期まではおおむね江戸に在住。のち京都紫野大徳寺に移り,夢に敬雨の2字を感得して改号。諸所へ引杖後,享保16(1731)年に箱根湯本に石霜庵を結ぶ。隠者然とした高潔な人柄を慕う者多く,その俳風は「法師風」と称された。<参考文献>倉橋連之祐「祇空年譜」(『島田筑波集』上),潁原退蔵「祇空」(『潁原退蔵著作集』5巻),桜井武次郎「祇空と淡々」(日本文学研究資料叢書『蕪村・一茶』)

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