Ryuko Kawaji

Poet and art critic. Born in Shiba, Tokyo. Real name Makoto. His grandfather was Kawaji Toshiakira. Graduated from Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He started out as a poet by contributing to Kawai Suimei's Bunko and Shijin. In September 1907 (Meiji 40), he attracted attention with the publication of Shinshi Shishou, which included the colloquial poem Hakidame, in Shijin. In 1914 (Taisho 3), he participated in Saijo Yaso's Mirai, and in 1918, he founded the Shoko Poetry Society and became the founder of the poetry magazines Banso, Gendai Shika, Taimatsu, and Shisaku in succession. He nurtured Hirato Renkichi, Murano Shiro, Fukao Sumako, and others. He also participated in the establishment of the Shiwakai (Poetry Association) in 1917 and played an active role as a central figure, founding the magazine Nihon Shijin (Japanese Poets) in 1921. His poetry collections include Roadside Flowers (1910), Voices at Dawn (1921), and Akarui Kaze (1935), as well as a book on poetry called Shigaku (Poetics) (1935).

[Yasuhiko Ando]

"Complete Works of Japanese Poets 12: Kawaji Ryuko and Other Poets" (1969, Shinchosha)" ▽ "Hisashi Ishimaru, People and Their Works: Lectures on Contemporary Literature 4" (1961, Meiji Shoin)

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詩人、美術評論家。東京・芝に生まれる。本名誠。祖父は川路聖謨(としあきら)。東京美術学校卒業。河井酔茗(すいめい)の『文庫』『詩人』に寄稿して詩人として出発。1907年（明治40）9月『詩人』に口語詩『塵塚(はきだめ)』を含む『新詩四章』を発表して注目された。14年（大正3）西条八十(やそ)らの『未来』に参加したが、18年曙光詩社をおこし、詩誌『伴奏』『現代詩歌』『炬火(たいまつ)』『詩作』を相次いで主宰。平戸廉吉(ひらとれんきち)、村野四郎、深尾須磨子(すまこ)らを育てた。一方、17年詩話会の設立に参加、その中心として活躍、21年『日本詩人』を創刊。詩集に『路傍の花』（1910）、『曙(あけぼの)の声』（1921）、『明るい風』（1935）など、詩論書に『詩学』（1935）などがある。

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『『日本詩人全集12　川路柳虹他集』（1969・新潮社）』▽『石丸久著『人と作品・現代文学講座4』（1961・明治書院）』

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