Inoue Tsujo

Japanese: 井上通女 - いのうえ・つうじょ

Year of death: 6/23/1738 (8/8/1738)
Year of birth: Manji 3.6.11 (1660.7.18)
A poet of the early Edo period. Her given names were Furi, Tama, and Kantsu. She was born in Marugame, Sanuki Province (Kagawa Prefecture). Her father was the Confucian scholar Inoue Hon'ga, and her mother was Watanabe Magozaemon's daughter Sakae, later known as Sakarin-ni. From an early age, she studied women's instruction books, waka poetry, stories, and Chinese classics, and at the age of 16, she composed the poem "Shojofu." In 1681 (Tenwa 1), at the age of 22, she was summoned to Edo by Yoshoin, the mother of Kyogoku Takatoyo, the lord of Marugame Domain. During this time, she wrote "Tokai Kikou." In Edo, she interacted with famous scholars and writers such as Amenomori Hoshu and Hayashi Houka, and many feudal lords tried to invite her after hearing about her talent. She also wrote the diary "Edo Nikki" (Diary of a Trip to the East Sea) from her stay in Edo. In 1689 (Genroku 2), when she was 30 years old, Yoshoin passed away and she returned to Marugame. During this time, she wrote "Kika Nikki" (Diary of a Trip to the Hometown). In the same year, she married Mita Shigezaemon Muneju, a samurai of the same domain. Although she experienced incidents such as the extinction of the Inoue family line when her younger brother Masumoto committed seppuku, she continued to live a stable life as a housewife. In 1710, at the age of 51, her husband died and she retired to live in seclusion, devoting her later years to literature.

(Yoichi Iikura)

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

Japanese:

没年：元文3.6.23(1738.8.8)
生年：万治3.6.11(1660.7.18)
江戸前期の歌人。名は振,玉,感通。讃岐国(香川県)丸亀生まれ。父は儒学者井上本固,母は渡辺孫左衛門の娘栄のちに栄林尼。幼少から女訓書,和歌,物語,漢学を学び,16歳で詩文「処女賦」を作る。天和1(1681)年,22歳で丸亀藩主京極高豊の母養性院に召され,江戸に下る。このとき『東海紀行』が成る。江戸では雨森芳洲,林鳳岡ら著名な学者文人と交わり,その才媛ぶりを聞いて彼女を招請しようとする諸侯も少なくなかった。なお江戸滞在中の日記に『江戸日記』がある。元禄2(1689)年,30歳のときに養性院が没し,丸亀に帰る。このとき『帰家日記』が成る。同年,同藩士三田茂左衛門宗寿と結婚する。以後弟益本の切腹で井上家断絶などの事件に遭うが,堅実な主婦生活を続ける。宝永7(1710)年,51歳のとき,夫に先立たれ隠遁,文芸に親しむ晩年を送った。<参考文献>近石泰秋「井上通女小伝並に年譜」(『井上通女全集』)

(飯倉洋一)

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