Otsuji Iwama - Iwama Otsuji

Japanese: 岩間乙二 - いわま・おつに

Year of death: 7/9/1823 (8/14/1823)
Year of birth: 1756
A haiku poet of the mid-to-late Edo period. His real name was Kiyoo, and his pen name was Shoumado. He was the eldest son of Iwama Seikyou (haikai pen name Bakuro), the head priest of Senjyuin Temple in Shiroishi, Rikuzen (Miyagi Prefecture). He was the 10th head priest of Senjyuin Temple and Gon Daisozu. He learned haiku mainly from his father. He admired Yosa Buson from an early age, and later went to Edo, where he became acquainted with Natsume Shigemi, Takebe Sucho, and Suzuki Michihiko. He stayed in Hakodate twice, from Bunka 7 to 10 (1810-13) and from Bunsei 1 to 3 (1818-20), and formed the Otonoe Society, where he guided the local haiku world. Otsuji rejected technique and favored poems that were completely filled with emotion and "sincerity." His style is profound and gentle, as seen in the haiku he wrote when he entered his temporary residence in Hakodate, which he named "the handle of the axe." <References> Akabane Manabu, "Yoshikawa Gomei and Iwama Otsuji" (Meiji Shoin "Haiku Lectures" Volume 3)

(Sadahiko Kato)

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

Japanese:

没年：文政6.7.9(1823.8.14)
生年：宝暦6(1756)
江戸中・後期の俳人。本名は清雄。号は松窓。陸前(宮城県)白石の千手院住職岩間清馨(俳号麦蘿)の長男。千手院第10代住職で,権大僧都。俳諧はもっぱら父に学ぶ。早くより与謝蕪村に私淑し,のち江戸に赴き,夏目成美,建部巣兆,鈴木道彦らと交わる。文化7～10(1810～13)年と文政1～3(1818～20)年の2度にわたり箱館に滞留し,斧の柄社を結んで同地俳壇の指導に当たった。乙二は技巧を排し,「誠」の情に徹した句をよしとした。その作風は,「斧の柄」と名づけた箱館の仮寓に入ったときの句「折る柴のなほ細かれや炉のけぶり」にみえるように重厚温和。<参考文献>赤羽学「吉川五明・岩間乙二」(明治書院『俳句講座』3巻)

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