Uejima Onitsura

Japanese: 上島鬼貫 - うえじまおにつら

Born in 1661 (Kanbun 1). Settsu, Itami
[Died] August 2, 1738. A haiku poet from Osaka in the mid-Edo period. His given name was Munechika. He was commonly known as Yosōbei. He was also known by other names such as Tenya, Inu Koji, Satoe, and Kinka-ō. In his later years, he referred to himself as a member of the Hiraizumi clan. He was the son of Muneharu, a member of the Aburaya sake brewery in Itami. Itami was a city of sake, and literature and refinement were thriving. At the age of eight, Oninuki wrote the poem "Come, come, but the fireflies fly away." He admired Matsue Shigeyori and Nishiyama Soin, and went to Osaka to study. In 1685, he realized that "there is no haiku other than sincerity," and in 1690, he reached the pinnacle of his craft with his work "Daigo Monogurui." In 1718, he showed a remarkable view of haiku in "Soligoto" (Hitorigoto), but his views declined after that. He is valuable in that he opened his eyes to true poetry around the same time as Basho. His style of haiku is straightforward, making full use of colloquial language. His other works include "Inu Koji" (1690) and "Bukkuge Nanakuruma" (1728).

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Japanese:

[生]寛文1(1661).摂津，伊丹
[没]元文3(1738).8.2. 大坂
江戸時代中期の俳人。名，宗邇 (むねちか) 。通称，与惣兵衛。別号，点也，犬居士，仏兄 (さとえ) ，槿花 (きんか) 翁など。晩年平泉氏を称す。伊丹の酒造家油屋の一族宗春の子。酒の町伊丹は文芸，風流が盛んで，鬼貫も8歳で「来い来いといへど蛍が飛んで行く」と詠んだ。松江重頼や西山宗因を敬慕し，大坂へ出て修業，貞享2 (1685) 年「誠のほかに俳諧なし」と悟り，元禄3 (90) 年『大悟物狂 (たいごものぐるい) 』で実作の面でも完成の域に達した。享保3 (1718) 年『独言 (ひとりごと) 』にすぐれた俳諧観を示したが，以後は衰えた。芭蕉と前後して真の詩に開眼した点に価値がある。句風は口語などを駆使して率直。編著はほかに『犬居士』 (1690) ，『仏兄七久留万 (ななくるま) 』 (1728) など。

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