Kato Enao - Kato Enao

Japanese: 加藤枝直 - かとう・えなお

Year of death: 10th August 1785 (13th September 1785)
Year of birth: December 11, 5th year of Genroku (January 16, 1693)
A poet of the mid-Edo period. His real surname was Tachibana. His given name was Tamenao, later changed to Eda Nao. He was commonly known as Matazaemon. His pen name was Hogien, etc. He was from Matsusaka, Ise. His father, Naoyuki, was a ronin. He went to Edo and became a yoriki (police officer) under the control of Ooka Echizen no Kami Tadasuke. He then became an inspector, and continued to serve as a low-ranking shogunate official until 1763 (13th year of the Horeki era) at the age of 72, despite being relieved from his post due to illness. In addition to his official duties, he developed an interest in waka poetry, and formed his own unique view of waka poetry without a particular teacher. He took the position that as a shogunate official, one should compose waka poetry celebrating the reign of peace. In July 1742 (2nd year of the Kanpo era), he let Kamo Mabuchi live in a corner of his estate, and they became friends, respecting each other's academic ability. It was through this relationship that his son, Chikage, became a disciple of Mabuchi. As Mabuchi established his own family, he began to show signs of looking down on Eda Nao, and their friendship deteriorated. His essays on poetry, including "Poetry's Appearance: The Past and Present Words," and his autographed manuscript "Eastern Poetry" are among the works that have survived, as well as fragments of his autographed diary. <References> Sekine Masanao, "Karasu Kago," Kitano Masaru, "Introduction to New Materials and Manuscripts on Kato Eda Nao" (Gobun, No. 21)

(Keichi Kubota)

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

Japanese:

没年：天明5.8.10(1785.9.13)
生年：元禄5.12.11(1693.1.16)
江戸中期の歌人。本姓橘。名為直,のち枝直と改む。通称又左衛門。号芳宜園など。伊勢松坂の人。父尚之は浪人。江戸へ出て大岡越前守忠相支配下の組与力となる。以降,吟味方に転じ,病気で職を免じられる時期もはさみながら宝暦13(1763)年72歳まで下級幕臣として勤務を続けた。公務のかたわら和歌に関心を持ち,特に決まった師もなく独自の和歌観を形成した。幕臣として太平の御代を寿ぐ和歌を詠むべきであるとの立場をとっている。寛保2(1742)年7月には自分の地所の一角に賀茂真淵を住まわせ,互いの学力を重んじながら交遊を持った。子息の千蔭が真淵に入門したのもこの関係による。真淵が一家を成すに従い枝直を軽んずる気配をみせ始め,両者の友好は崩れた。『歌の姿古へ今をあげつらふ詞』以下の歌論や,自筆稿本『東歌』のほか,自筆日記が断片的に伝存する。<参考文献>関根正直『からすかご』,北野克「加藤枝直に関する新資料・歌稿の紹介」(『語文』21号)

(久保田啓一)

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