Naozumi Iwamatsu

Japanese: 岩松尚純 - いわまつ・ひさずみ

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. A military commander in the Warring States period. Lord of Nitta Manor in Kozuke Province (Gunma Prefecture). Grandson of Iezumi, son of Akizumi. In 1494, he inherited the family headship upon the death of his grandfather Iezumi, but in the following year, he lost in a battle with Yokose Kunishige and his son Narishige, the chief retainers, and handed the family headship over to his son Masazumi and retired. As his mother was the daughter of Ninagawa Chikado, who served as the acting governor of the Muromachi Shogunate and was a master of renga, he was well versed in waka and renga, but he further perfected this path during his life in seclusion. In 1509, he performed renga with Socho, who came to Kanto, and was also involved in annotating waka and teaching renga. His writings, "Renga Kaisekishiki," contain information on what to keep in mind when attending a renga gathering.

(Yamada Kuniaki)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
戦国時代の武将。上野国(群馬県)新田荘の領主。家純の孫,明純の子。明応3(1494)年に祖父家純の死去により家督を継ぐが,翌4年に家老の横瀬国繁・成繁父子と争って敗れ,子の昌純に家督を譲って隠居。母が室町幕府の政所代を務め連歌の名手であった蜷川親当の娘であったことから,和歌や連歌に通じていたが,隠遁生活の中で一層この道を究めた。永正6(1509)年には関東に来た宗長と連歌を行い,また和歌の注釈や連歌の指導にも携わった。その著述『連歌会席式』は連歌会に臨む際の心得を記したものである。

(山田邦明)

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