Its angle - Kikaku

A haiku poet of the mid-Edo period. A senior disciple of Basho. Born in Edo on July 17, 1661. His father was a doctor in the Honda domain, and took the name Enomoto, later Takarai. He entered Basho's school at around the age of 14 or 15. At the age of 23, he published the haiku collection Minashiguri (1683). The following year, he traveled to Kyoto and Osaka, where he became acquainted with many other students, including Saikaku, and became active as a Basho writer with a wide range of works. He published works in his own unique style, such as Zoku Minashiguri (1687) and Itsuka wo Mukashi (1690), but he also produced many beautiful verses in Basho-style works. In 1694 (Genroku 7), he traveled to Kamigata and by chance was able to visit Basho at his bedside in Osaka the day before his death. After making all arrangements for the funeral, he published a memorial collection of haiku and haiku poems, Kareobana. Although he was a man of character, a free spirit, a heavy drinker, and wrote many works about pleasure quarters, he was also a kind-hearted man, and many of his excellent works were written after encountering the deaths of his teacher Basho, his friends, his parents, his daughters, and others. After Basho's death, he published Urawakaba (1697) and Shobikin (1701). He died on February 30, 4th year of the Hoei era. At his bedside were two books: Gogenshu, a collection of haiku poems he selected himself, and Ruikoji, a collection of haiku and haikai poems. After his death, Basho's style of writing was called Sharefu, characterized by urban haiku, and he is considered the ancestor of the later Edo-za theater, which had a major influence on Edo culture. There are mixed opinions about this style, but many of his works are difficult to understand, and further research is needed to shed light on Edo culture. It is also true that in the process of unraveling his ideas, a world different from that of his teacher Basho will open up.

[Junichi Imaizumi]

The taste of the water that flows and the seaweed that stays there

"Kikaku Complete Works, edited by Katsumine Shinpu, 1 volume (1921, Shuei-kaku)" ▽ "Research on the Gogenshu, by Imaizumi Junichi (1980, Ohfusha)"

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江戸中期の俳人。芭蕉(ばしょう)門の高弟。寛文(かんぶん)元年7月17日江戸に生まれる。父は本多藩の医師。榎本(えのもと)氏、のちに宝井氏を名のる。14、15歳ごろ芭蕉門に入る。23歳、俳諧(はいかい)集『虚栗(みなしぐり)』刊行（1683）。翌年、京坂への旅に出、西鶴(さいかく)をはじめ多くの他門の知己も得て、幅広い芭蕉門作家として活躍。『続虚栗』（1687）、『いつを昔』（1690）など、独自の作風になる作品を発表してゆくが、芭蕉風の作品にも多くの佳句を示す。1694年（元禄7）上方(かみがた)への旅に出て、偶然にも芭蕉の他界の前日、大坂の病床に参じえて、葬儀万端を済ませ、追悼俳諧・俳文集『枯尾華(かれおばな)』を刊行。性、豪放闊達(かったつ)、大酒、また遊里の作品も多い反面、情に厚く、師芭蕉、友人、父母、娘などの死に出会っての作品に優れたものが多い。芭蕉没後、『末若葉(うらわかば)』（1697）、『焦尾琴(しょうびきん)』（1701）刊。宝永(ほうえい)4年2月30日没。枕頭(ちんとう)に自選発句(ほっく)集『五元(ごげん)集』、俳文・俳諧撰集(せんしゅう)『類柑子(るいこうじ)』の2著があった。芭蕉没後の作風は、洒落(しゃれ)風とよばれ、都会風俳諧に特色を示し、後の江戸座の祖とされ、江戸文化に大きく影響を与える。この作風には賛否両論があるが、作品の多くは難解で、江戸文化解明のためにも今後の研究がまたれる。また解明過程に師芭蕉とは別の世界が開けてくることも事実である。

［今泉準一］

　行く水や何にとどまる海苔(のり)の味

『勝峰晋風編『其角全集』全1巻（1921・聚英閣）』▽『今泉準一著『五元集の研究』（1980・桜楓社）』

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