Kawabata Bosha

Haiku poet. His real name was Nobukazu. He was born in Kakigaracho, Nihonbashi Ward, Tokyo (now Ningyocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo Ward). Kawabata Ryushi was his half-brother, 12 years older than him. After graduating from Dokukyo Junior High School, he attended Fujishima Takeji's painting institute, and later studied under Kishida Ryusei. In 1915 (Taisho 4), his work was selected for publication in Hototogisu magazine for the first time, and in 1924 he was featured on the front page of the miscellaneous poems column. During this time, he pursued a life of spiritual seeking, becoming a non-village member of Mushanokoji Saneatsu's "New Village" and living at Shogakuan, a subtemple of Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto. From 1931 onwards, he was bedridden at his home in Omori, Ota Ward, for about ten years due to spinal caries. The state of haiku of the author, described as "Bosha's Pure Land," can be seen in the poem "A single drop of dew on a stone on Kongo" from "Kawabata Bosha's Anthology of Haiku" (1934, Tamamosha), or from Takahama Kyoshi's words "The essence of bird-and-flower poetry is the pinnacle of his talent," written in the preface to his second collection of haiku, "Kegon."

[Tetsuji Uryu]

"Haiku by Kawabata Bosha" by Nomiyama Shucho (1969, Nagakukasha) " "The New Edition of Kawabata Bosha's Man and Works" by Ishihara Yatsuka (1979, Ohfusha)

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俳人。本名信一(のぶかず)。東京日本橋区蠣殻町（現、中央区日本橋人形町）生れ。川端龍子(りゅうし)は12歳年上の異母兄。独協中学卒業後、藤島武二の絵画研究所に通い、のちに岸田劉生(りゅうせい)に師事した。1915年（大正4）『ホトトギス』に初入選し、1924年雑詠欄の巻頭を得た。その間武者小路実篤(むしゃのこうじさねあつ)の「新しき村」の村外会員になったり、京都東福寺の塔頭(たっちゅう)正覚庵(しょうがくあん)に寄寓するなど、求道的な生き方を追究した。1931年以降は脊椎カリエスにより、大田区大森の自宅で約十年に及ぶ病臥生活を続けた。『川端茅舎句集』（1934年、玉藻社）の中の句「金剛の露ひとつぶや石の上」、または第二句集『華厳(けごん)』序に記された高浜虚子の「花鳥諷詠真骨頂漢」という言葉から、「茅舎浄土」と評された作者の俳境がうかがえる。

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『野見山朱鳥著『川端茅舎の俳句』（1969・菜殻火社）』▽『石原八束著『新訂人と作品　川端茅舎』（1979・桜楓社）』

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