Ryoto Iwata

Japanese: 岩田涼菟 - いわた・りょうと

Year of death: April 28, 1717 (June 7, 1717)
Year of birth: Manji 2 (1659)
A haiku poet from the early Edo period. A native of Ise, he was a low-ranking priest at Ise Grand Shrine. His real surname was Hata, but he called himself Iwata. He met Kagami Shiko around 1694 (Genroku 7), and they became close friends after that. He is thought to have been a disciple of Matsuo Basho in his final years, but there is no record of any direct contact between the two. He was an easygoing person who was not particular about things, and was characterized by a simple style of writing such as "A wind blew all day long." He was the third generation member of the Ise haiku society, Shinpu-kan, and is considered to be the founder of the Ise school, which advocated common conversation and simple tales, but he traveled to Edo, Hokuetsu, Kyushu, and other places, and gained great influence in the haiku world after Basho's death. <References> Kagami Torao, "Iwata Ryo G7EDF" (Meiji Shoin Haiku Lecture Series, Volume 3)

(Yoshinobu Tanaka)

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Japanese:

没年：享保2.4.28(1717.6.7)
生年：万治2(1659)
江戸前期の俳人。伊勢の人で伊勢神宮の下級神職。本姓は秦氏だが岩田氏を称す。元禄7(1694)年ごろ各務支考を知り,以後親しく交わった。松尾芭蕉の最晩年の門人と考えられているが,両者の直接的な交渉を示す記録はない。物にこだわらない鷹揚な性格で,「凩の一日吹いて居りにけり」のような平明な作風を特色とした。伊勢の俳諧結社である神風館の第3世で,俗談平話を標榜した伊勢派の創始者と目されているが,江戸,北越,九州などに行脚して芭蕉死後の俳壇で大きな勢力を得た。<参考文献>各務虎雄「岩田涼G7EDF」(明治書院『俳句講座』3巻)

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