Cloud Chinese - Unchugo

Japanese: 雲中語 - うんちゅうご

…As an authority on the criticism scene at the time, he harshly criticized many works, but his review of Higuchi Ichiyo's "Takekurabe" (issue 4) is famous for praising the novel and raising her literary reputation. From issue 8, this review column expanded to include Yoda Gakukai, Aiba Koson, Morita Shiken, Ozaki Koyo, and others in addition to the above three, and developed into "Unchuugo," which reigned supreme on the criticism scene. [Togawa Shinsuke] …

From "Mesamashigusa"

…Edited by Mori Ogai and published by Mesamashisha, it is the successor to Shikarami Soushi. Saito Ryokuu, Koda Rohan, and Ogai's joint critique Sannin Jogo, and Yoda Gakukai, Aiba Koson, and Ozaki Koyo's Unchuugo are considered the pinnacle of contemporary criticism. He also devoted himself to verse poetry, including tanka poems from the Chikuhakuen school, haiku from the Masaoka Shiki school, and Chinese poetry by Mori Kainan and Noguchi Neisai, and drew attention along with Miki Takeji's theater critiques. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Yun Zhongyu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…当時の批評界の権威として，多くの作品を辛辣に批判したなかで，樋口一葉の《たけくらべ》に対する批評(第4号)は，この小説を絶賛し，彼女の文名を一躍高めたことで有名である。なおこの批評欄は第8号から，上記3人に，依田学海，饗庭篁村（あえばこうそん），森田思軒，尾崎紅葉らを加えて〈雲中語（うんちゆうご）〉に発展し，評壇に君臨した。【十川信介】。…

【めさまし草】より

…森鷗外の編集，めさまし社発行で，《しからみ草紙》の後身の位置を占める。斎藤緑雨，幸田露伴，鷗外の合評〈三人冗語〉，これに依田（よだ）学海，饗庭篁村（あえばこうそん），尾崎紅葉が加わった〈雲中語（うんちゆうご）〉は同時代批評の白眉とされる。竹柏園（ちくはくえん）系の短歌，正岡子規一門の俳句，森槐南（もりかいなん），野口寧斎（ねいさい）の漢詩など韻文にも力を傾け，三木竹二の劇評とともに注目された。…

※「雲中語」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

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