Kikakudo Sokan

...A haiku poet from the end of the Edo period and the first half of the Meiji period. Born in Edo. Also called Kikakudo Eiki. His real name was Hozumi Yoshiyuki. He was the eldest son of Nezumikan, a haiku poet of the Edo-za school following in the footsteps of Enomoto Kikaku, and in 1870 (Meiji 3) he succeeded his father as the 7th Kikakudo. In 1887, he handed over the title of Kikakudo to Tanabe Kiichi, and thereafter took the name of Roseido. In the same year, a memorial service for Basho's 200th anniversary was held at Gichu-ji Temple, and he published the poems dedicated to the memorial service and other tanka poems in Genroku Meiji Kareobihana (1893). Eiki's haiku includes "No clouds hang over the withered otobana" (withered otobana)....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kikakudo Nezumigan" are listed below.

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…幕末･明治前半の俳人。江戸の生れ。其角堂（きかくどう）永機とも称す。本名穂積善之。榎本其角の流れにつらなる江戸座系の俳人，鼠肝（そかん）の長男であり，1870年(明治3)に父から7世其角堂を継承した。87年，田辺機一に其角堂を譲り，以後は老鼠堂と号した。同年，芭蕉二百回忌法要を義仲寺で行い，その献句や歌仙をまとめて《元禄明治枯尾花》(1893)を出版した。永機の句は，〈枯れて後尾花にかゝる雲もなし〉などが収録されている。…

※「其角堂鼠肝」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。

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