Kitamura Lake Spring

Japanese: 北村湖春 - きたむら・こしゅん

Year of death: January 15, Genroku 10 (February 6, 1697)
Year of birth: Keian 1 (1648)
A haiku poet and waka scholar of the early Edo period. His childhood name was Kyūtarō. His given names were Kijun and Kijū. He was the son of Kitamura Kigin. Under his father's guidance, he published Zoku San'i in 1667. His circle of contact was wide, including members of the Teimon, Danrin and Shomon schools. After his father moved to Shintamatsushima Shrine, he stayed in the main house and presided over the Haikai-dō. In waka studies, he played the role of his father's assistant in the drafting and publication of Hyakunin Isshu Juhosho. In 1689, he moved to Edo when his father began working in waka studies. He was awarded 200 straw bales and devoted himself to waka studies. <References> Enoha Hironao, Koshun Kenkyu (Research on Koshun) (Early Modern Literature: Materials and Evidence, No. 1), Nomura Hoji, Kitamura Kigin's Person and Work

(Kusumoto Sixth Son)

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Japanese:

没年：元禄10.1.15(1697.2.6)
生年：慶安1(1648)
江戸前期の俳人,歌学者。幼名,休太郎。名は季順,季重。北村季吟の子。父の指導のもと,寛文7(1667)年『続山井』を刊行した。その交流圏は広く,貞門,談林,蕉門にまでおよぶ。父の新玉津島神社移住後は,本宅にとどまり俳諧堂を主宰。歌学においては,『百人一首拾穂抄』の版下書や出版などにおいて,父の助手的役割を果たす。元禄2(1689)年,父の歌学方勤務にともない江戸へ下向。200俵を拝領して,歌学一筋に奉仕した。<参考文献>榎坡浩尚『湖春研究』(『近世文芸・資料と考証』1号),野村費次『北村季吟の人と仕事』

(楠元六男)

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