Michiyasu Inoue

Poet and Japanese literature scholar. Born in Himeji. Originally surnamed Matsuoka. His younger brothers were folklorist Kunio Yanagita and painter Eikyu Matsuoka. He was adopted by doctor Sekihei Inoue, graduated from the Imperial University School of Medicine, and became famous as an ophthalmologist. He also studied under Matsunami Sukeyuki and others, and was known as a fresh and elegant Keien school poet, becoming a member of the Utadokoro Yoriudo. He was also friends with Mori Ogai and others, and together they founded the Tokiwakai poetry group. His poetry collections include "Nantensou Poetry Collection" (1926), but in his later years he was absorbed in studying the "Man'yoshu" and "Fudoki," and published "Man'yoshu New Thoughts" and others.

[Oya Yukiyo]

“Bungo Fudoki Shinko” written by Michiyasu Inoue (1974, Rinsen Shoten)

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歌人、国文学者。姫路に生まれる。原姓松岡。実弟に民俗学者柳田国男や画家松岡映丘(えいきゅう)がいる。医師井上碩平の養子となり、帝国大学医科を卒業、眼科医として名をなす。一方、松波資之(まつなみすけゆき)などに師事し、清新、典雅な桂園(けいえん)派の歌人としても知られ御歌所寄人(おうたどころよりうど)にもなった。森鴎外(おうがい)らとも交友があり、ともに歌会常磐会(ときわかい)をおこす。歌集に『南天荘(なんてんそう)歌集』（1926）などがあるが、晩年は『万葉集』や「風土記(ふどき)」の研究に没頭、『万葉集新考』などを刊行した。

［大屋幸世］

『井上通泰著『豊後風土記新考』（1974・臨川書店）』

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