Kano Morohira

A poet and scholar of Japanese classics in the late Edo period. He was the eldest son of Natsume Mikamaro (1773-1822), a sake brewer from Shirasuga Station, Hamana County, Totomi Province (Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture). He was commonly known as Kyosen, and his given name was Morohira. He also went by the pen name Shien. He was adopted by Kano Ichiku, a physician from Wakayama, and served as a scholar of Japanese classics in the Kii Domain. In 1821 (Bunsei 4), he became a student of Motoori Ohira. In 1828, he published the first volume of Ruidai Waka Fukugyokushu, the largest collection of poems at the time, which was a compilation of poems by poets from all over the country, and by 1854 (Ansei 1), he had published up to the seventh volume. He participated in the editing of "Kii Fudoki" and "Ki no Kuni Meisho Zue" (1812-1851) by order of the domain. He traveled deep into the mountains of Kumano, composed 89 poems based on his experiences, and published the poetry collection "Kakien Eiso" (1854). He became known as the Kakien school. In 1856 he became the president of the domain's National Learning Institute. He died suddenly of a stroke on June 24th the following year, 1857. He is buried at Kaizenji Temple in Dojo-cho, Minato, Wakayama. He wrote the poetry treatise "Manyo Eifu" (Manyo Eifu) in which he emphasized the fresh and powerful spirit of the Manyo, but his actual works were in the Tenpo style, which added the Shin Kokin style to the Manyo style, and he praised the "Shin Kokinshu."

[Hidehide Tsujimori May 19, 2016]

The traces of smoke made by a humble man are visible, and the leaves of the camellia are covered in frost.

"A Study of Shohei Kano" by Yoshimasa Yamamoto (1961, Hatsune Shobo)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸後期の歌人、国学者。遠江(とおとうみ)国浜名郡白須賀(しろすが)駅（静岡県湖西市）酒造業夏目甕麿(なつめみかまろ)（1773―1822）の長子。通称杏仙(きょうせん)、名は諸平。柿園(しえん)と号する。和歌山の医師加納伊竹(いちく)の養子となって紀伊藩に国学者として仕官。1821年（文政4）本居大平(もとおりおおひら)に入門した。1828年全国の歌人の詠を撰修(せんしゅう)した当時最大の歌集『類題(るいだい)和歌鰒玉(ふくぎょく)集』第1編を出版、1854年（安政1）第7編まで出版。藩命により『紀伊続風土記(ふどき)』『紀伊国名所図会』（1812〜1851）の編集に参加。熊野(くまの)の山深く旅行し実体験の歌89首を詠み、歌集『柿園詠草(しえんえいそう)』（1854）を刊行。柿園派と称せられる。1856年藩の国学所総裁となる。翌1857年6月24日卒中で急逝。和歌山湊(みなと)道場町海善寺(かいぜんじ)に葬る。歌論『万葉英風』を書き万葉精神の清新雄渾(ゆうこん)であることを強調するが、実作は万葉風に新古今風を加味した天保(てんぽう)調で、『新古今集』を称揚する。

［辻森秀英　2016年5月19日］

　賤(しづ)の男(を)がたてし煙のあと見えて椿(つばき)の巻葉霜にこほれり

『山本嘉将著『加納諸平の研究』（1961・初音書房）』

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